Dasyurus É. Geoffroy, 1796 . Mag. Encyclop., ser. 2, 3:469.

TYPE SPECIES: Didelphis maculata Anon., 1791 .

SYNONYMS: Dasyurinus, Dasyurops, Nasira, Notoctonus, Satanellus, Stictophonus .

COMMENTS: See Haltenorth (1958:20).