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--> ORDER DASYUROMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Dasyuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Dasyurinae
--> TRIBE Dasyurini
--> GENUS Dasyurus
SPECIES Dasyurus maculatus
| Author: | Kerr, 1792. | | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 170. | | Common Name: | Tiger Quoll | | Type Locality: | Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson. | | Distribution: | Australia: E Queensland, E New South Wales, E and S Victoria, SE South Australia, Tasmania. Formerly occurred in South Australia. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered as D. m.gracilis, Vulnerable as D. maculatus and D. m. maculatus. Widespread but rare; locally common in Tasmania. | | Comments: | Formerly included in Dasyurops; see Haltenorth (1958). See Firestone et al. (1999) for possible subspecies boundaries; the Tasmanian form is rather distinctive. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
gracilis Ramsay, 1888
macrourus E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1803
novaehollandiae (Meyer, 1793)
ursinus Giebel, 1874
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