Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard 1841

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Dasyuromorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 22-37 : 28

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335969

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scientific name

Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard 1841
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Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard 1841 View in CoL

Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard 1841 View in CoL , Le Jardin des Plantes: 290.

Type Locality: Tasmania.

Vernacular Names: Tasmanian Devil.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sarcophilus harrisii subsp. harrisii Boitard 1841

Subspecies Sarcophilus harrisii subsp. dixonae Werdelin 1987

Distribution: Australia: Tasmania; known as a subfossil in S Victoria (Mt. Hamilton and Lake Corangamite).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Groves (1993) called this species S. laniarius Owen, 1838 , which was based on Pleistocene specimens from Wellington Caves, New South Wales. Werdelin (1987:9) argued that the Pleistocene and recent Sarcophilus were only subspecifically distinct, and as Owen’s name antedates Boitard’s (a replacement name for Didelphis ursina Harris, 1808 [preoccupied by Didelphis ursina Shaw, 1800 ]) by three years, laniarius must take precedence. Inspection of Werdelin (1987, Tables 1 and 2) shows, however, that recent and fossil ranges do not overlap in many variables, so they may be retained as different species. The Victorian subfossil dixonae remains as a subspecies of S. harrisii ; though it is distinctive its measurements overlap with those of the living Tasmanian form.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Dasyuromorphia

Family

Dasyuridae

Genus

Sarcophilus

Loc

Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard 1841

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Sarcophilus harrisii

Boitard 1841: 290
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