Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800

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 : 25

Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800

Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 , Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., Vol. 1, 2, Mammalia: 491.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Quoll.

Synonyms: Dasyurus alboguttata (Burmeister 1854) ; Dasyurus guttatus Desmarest 1804 ; Dasyurus maculata (Anon. 1791) ; Dasyurus maugei E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1803 ; Dasyurus quoll Zimmermann 1777 .

Distribution: Probably survives only in Tasmania; formerly South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria (Archer, in Tyler, 1979).

Conservation: U.S ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Dasyurus quoll Zimmermann, 1777 (not Mustela quoll Zimmermann, 1783 ), is invalid: this work was rejected by Opinion 257 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1954 a). Also the name Dasyurus maculata Anon., 1791 , was suppressed under Article 80 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999). "Original" name is now Didelphis viverrina Shaw, 1800 .