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 Thylacinus Temminck, 1824 . Monogr. Mamm., 1:23 . TYPE SPECIES: Didelphis cynocephala Harris, 1808 . SYNONYMS: Lycaon (preoccupied by Lycaon Brooks, 1827 , a canid), Paracyon, Peralopex .