Order Dasyuromorphia Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 22 37 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Dasycercus Peters 1875 Dasycercus Peters 1875 , Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, 1875: 73 . Type Species: Chaetocercus cristicauda Krefft 1867 Synonyms: Amperta Cabrera 1919 ; Chaetocercus Krefft 1867 . Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Dasycercus cristicauda (Krefft 1866) Discussion: Combined with Dasyuroides by Mack (1961) and Mahoney and Ride ( in Walton, 1988:18 ).