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Dasyurus geoffroii Gould 1840

Description

Dasyurus geoffroii Gould 1840

Dasyurus geoffroii Gould 1840, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840: 151.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Liverpool Plains.

Vernacular Names: Western Quoll.

Synonyms: Dasyurus fortis Thomas 1906.

Distribution: Western Australia; formerly in South Australia, Northern Territory, S Queensland, W New South Wales, and NW Victoria (Archer, in Tyler, 1979; Waithman, 1979).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable. Rare.

Discussion: Formerly included in Dasyurinus. The New Guinea records of this species actually refer to D. spartacus.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Dasyuromorphia, pp. 22-37 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gould
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Dasyuromorphia
Family
Dasyuridae
Genus
Dasyurus
Species
geoffroii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1840 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Tyler, M. J., (ed.). 1979. The status of endangered Australasian wildlife. Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide, 210 pp.
  • Waithman, J. 1979. A report on a collection of mammals from southwest Papua. 1972 - 1973. Australian Zoologist, 20: 313 - 326.