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Dasyurus (quoll)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Taxonomy
Dasyurus was named by Geoffroy (1796). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dasyurina by Gray (1825); to Dasyuridae by Springer et al. (1994); and to Dasyurini by Krajewski et al. (1992) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1796Dasyurus Geoffroy
1825Dasyurus Gray p. 340
1992Dasyurus Krajewski et al. p. 20
1994Dasyurus Springer et al. p. 86
2005Dasyurus 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
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

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.

G. Dasyurus Geoffroy 1796 [quoll]
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Dasyurus albopunctatus Schlegel 1880 [New Guinean quoll]
Dasyurus dunmalli Bartholomai 1971
Dasyurus geoffroii Gould 1840 [Western quoll]
Dasyurus hallucatus Gould 1842 [Northern quoll]
Dasyurus maculatus Kerr 1792 [tiger quoll]
Dasyurus spartacus Van Dyck 1987 [Bronze quoll]
Dasyurus viverrinus Shaw 1800 [eastern quoll]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available