Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792)

Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Dasyuromorphia, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 29-37 : 32

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scientific name	Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792)
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Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) View in CoL . 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).

Haltenorth, T. 1958. Klassifikation der Saugetiere, 1 (1, Ordnung Kloakentiere, Monotremata Bonaparte, 1838, und 2, Ordnung Beuteltiere, Marsupialia Illiger, 1811 [= Didelphia Blainville, 1816]). Handbuch der Zoologie, 8 (16): 1 - 40.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae
Genus	Dasyurus

Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792)

Colin P. Groves 1993

1993

Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792)

Kerr 1792: 170

1792

Specimens