Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr 1792)

[Viverra] maculata Kerr 1792, in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 170.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson.

Vernacular Names: Tiger Quoll.

Synonyms: Dasyurus gracilis Ramsay 1888; Dasyurus macrourus E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1803; Dasyurus novaehollandiae (Meyer 1793); Dasyurus ursinus Giebel 1874 .

Distribution: Australia: E Queensland, E New South Wales, E and S Victoria, SE South Australia, Tasmania. Formerly occurred in South Australia.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered as D. m. gracilis, Vulnerable as D. maculatus and D. m. maculatus . Widespread but rare; locally common in Tasmania.

Discussion: Formerly included in Dasyurops; see Haltenorth (1958). See Firestone et al. (1999) for possible subspecies boundaries; the Tasmanian form is rather distinctive.