Family Dasyuridae Goldfuss, 1820 . Handb. Zool., 11:447.

COMMENTS: Some authors include Thylacinidae and Myrmecobiidae in this family; see Vaughan (1978:39); but also see Ride (1964b), Archer and Kirsch (1977), Kirsch and Calaby (1977:15), and Archer (1982) who retained these families. Revised by Tate (1947).