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 Dasycercus cristicauda (Krefft, 1867) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866:435 [1867]. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , South Australia , probably Lake Alexandrina . DISTRIBUTION: Arid Australia from NW Western Australia to SW Queensland , N South Australia . STATUS: Rare or indeterminate. SYNONYMS: blighi, blythi, hillieri.