The taxonomic status of Dasyurus affinis McCoy [1865] (Dasyuridae) and Hypsiprymnus trisulcatus McCoy [1865] (Macropodidae), two marsupials from a Holocene cave deposit near Gisborne, Victoria

Dasyurus affinis McCoy [1865] and Hypsiprymnus trisulcatus McCoy [1865] are recorded as junior synonyms of Dasyurops maculatus (Kerr 1792) and Potorous tridactylus (Kerr 1792), respectively. Some comments are made on the identity of a further 3 species, not specifically identified by McCoy, but included by him in his list of mammals from the Gisborne Bone Cave. Identification of these species is not effected. The year of issue of McCoy’s list of mammals from the Bone Cave is stated by D. E. Thomas in a private communication to be 1865. The origin and age of the Bone Cave is discussed by Edmund D. Gill in an Appendix. The age of the Bone Cave is recorded by him as Holocene.