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Dasyurus viverrinus (eastern quoll)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Taxonomy
Didelphis viverrina was named by Shaw (1800). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dasyurus viverrinus by Jones (1997) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. viverinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Didelphis viverrina Shaw
1997Dasyurus viverrinus Jones p. 2569
2005Dasyurus viverrinus Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
superorderEometatheriaSimpson 1970
orderDasyuromorphiaGill 1872
suborderDasyuroideaGoldfuss 1820
familyDasyuridaeGoldfuss 1820
subfamilyDasyurinaeGoldfuss 1820
tribeDasyuriniGoldfuss 1820
genusDasyurusGeoffroy 1796
speciesviverrinus(Shaw 1800)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 [eastern quoll]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available