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Dasyurus hallucatus (Northern quoll)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Taxonomy
Dasyurus hallucatus was named by Gould (1842). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Dasyurus hallucatus Gould
1992Dasyurus hallucatus Krajewski et al. p. 20
2005Dasyurus hallucatus 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
specieshallucatusGould 1842

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 hallucatus Gould 1842 [Northern quoll]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:35:55
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:35:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (New South Wales) Dasyurus hallucatus (136155)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Dasyurus hallucatus (96015)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Dasyurus hallucatus (21688)