Dasyurus viverrinus

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Eastern 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

Shaw, G.K. 1800. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. I. Part 2. Mammalia. G. Kearsley, London, 249–552 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632617

Original name as described

Didelphis Viverrina

Other common names

Eastern Native Cat

Type locality

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000152

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 guttatus

A. G. Desmarest, 1804

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

guttatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57784414

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Dasyurus Maugei

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maugei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

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. Lesson (1827:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  4. Lesson (1842:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Fitzinger (1855:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  6. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)

Mustela Quoll

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1777)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

quoll

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

489

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53966294

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

didelphis maculata

(Anonymous, 1791)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

186 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51303721

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Didelphis maculata

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664223

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Dasyurus maculatus

de Lacépède, 1799

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Paris

Didelphis Viverrina

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

viverrinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

491

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632617

Authority publication

London

Dasyurus viverrinus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

viverrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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. Lesson (1827:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Lesson (1842:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Blyth (1863:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8537)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6296/21947190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Didelphys alboguttata

(Burmeister, 1854)

Family

Dasyuridae

Root name

alboguttatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

340

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13548544

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

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