Order Peramelemorphia 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) 39 42 book chapter 193464 10.5281/zenodo.7353114 8d1421fa-4e70-45da-8652-b591228a07cf 1-56098-217-9 7353114 Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1842:41 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , Northern Territory , Port Essington . DISTRIBUTION: NE Western Australia , N Northern Territory , E Queensland , and NE New South Wales ( Australia ); S and E New Guinea . STATUS: Common. SYNONYMS: macrura, moresbyensis, torosa.