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).