Dasyurus maculatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Spotted-tailed Quoll

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Dasyuromorphia
Family : Dasyuridae
Subfamily : Dasyurinae
Genus : Dasyurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664194

Original name as described

Viverra maculata

Other common names

Tiger Cat · Tiger Quoll

Type locality

Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000150

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dasyurus gracilis

E. P. Ramsay, 1888

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.155

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36220178

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Dasyurus macrourus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

macrourus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-418

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1990-418

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5495399

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1791-1805)

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Dasyurus bowlingi

W. B. Spencer & J. A. Kershaw, 1910

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

bowlingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV P15101

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

29, 33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52138808 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52138812

Authority publication

Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne

Dasyurus affinis

McCoy, 1865

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV P15101, NMV P7426

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

Note. Quarter Sheet 7

Authority publication

book

Dasyurus maculatus

Rafinesque, 1817

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

362

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Blyth (1863:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6300/21946847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasyurops gracilis

(Tate, 1947)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1947:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)

Dasyurops maculatus

(Tate, 1947)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1947:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15895)

Dasyurus maculatus gracilis

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Dasyurus maculatus maculatus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Viverra maculata

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664194

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Mustela Novae Hollandiae

(F. A. A. Meyer, 1793)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

novaehollandiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27654909

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Dasyurus macrurus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207682

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1836:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61589)
  3. Lesson (1842:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Dasyurus ursinus

Giebel, 1874

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

Key to Plate 18, Fig. 4

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

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