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)
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book chapter
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Sarcophilus laniarius
(Owen, 1838)
.
In
T. L. Mitchell, Three Exped. into the Interior of E.
Australia
, p. 363
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Australia
, Wellington Caves (Pleistocene)
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Australia
:
Tasmania
, perhaps S
Victoria
, where it is known as a subfossil.
STATUS: Common.
SYNONYMS:
dixonae,
harrisii
, satanicus,
ursina
.
COMMENTS: Usually called
S. harrisii
,
but see
Werdelin (1987:9)
.