Isoodon auratus (Ramsay, 1887) . Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., ser. 2, 2:551.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, Derby .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia: Formerly Northern Territory and N Western Australia, survives in NW of Western Australia and on Barrow Isl.

STATUS: Rare.

SYNONYMS: arnhetnensis, barrowensis.

COMMENTS: See Ride (1970:96) and Lyne and Mort (1981).