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 maculatus (Kerr, 1792) . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, p. 170 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , New South Wales , Port Jackson . DISTRIBUTION: Australia : E Queensland , E New South Wales , E and S Victoria , SE South Australia , Tasmania . Formerly occurred in South Australia . STATUS: Widespread but rare; locally common in Tasmania . SYNONYMS: gracilis, macrourus, novaehollandiae, ursinus. COMMENTS: Formerly included in Dasyurops ; see Haltenorth (1958) .