Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800

Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800, Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., Vol. 1, 2, Mammalia: 491.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Quoll.

Synonyms: Dasyurus alboguttata (Burmeister 1854); Dasyurus guttatus Desmarest 1804; Dasyurus maculata (Anon. 1791); Dasyurus maugei E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1803; Dasyurus quoll Zimmermann 1777 .

Distribution: Probably survives only in Tasmania; formerly South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria (Archer, in Tyler, 1979).

Conservation: U.S ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Dasyurus quoll Zimmermann, 1777 (not Mustela quoll Zimmermann, 1783), is invalid: this work was rejected by Opinion 257 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1954 a). Also the name Dasyurus maculata Anon., 1791, was suppressed under Article 80 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999). "Original" name is now Didelphis viverrina Shaw, 1800 .