Order Dasyuromorphia Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 29 37 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353066 1-56098-217-9 7353066 Dasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1841 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840: 151 [1841]. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , New South Wales , Liverpool Plains . DISTRIBUTION: Western Australia ; formerly in South Australia , Northern Territory , S Queensland , W New South Wales , and NW Victoria (Archer, in Tyler, 1979 ; Waithman, 1979 ). STATUS: Rare. SYNONYMS: fortis. COMMENTS: Formerly included in Dasyurinus . The New Guinea records of this species actually refer to D. spartacus .