Dasyuromorphia (Tasmanian Devil, Thylacine, Quolls, Dunnarts, Numbat etc.)
Family: Dasyuridae (Tasmanian Devils, Quolls, Dunnarts etc.)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Dasyurus geoffroii geoffroii | Gould, 1841 | Eastern chuditch, Eastern quoll, Eastern native cat, Eastern atyelpe, Geoffroy's native cat | post-1888 | New South Wales & Queensland, Australia | Extinct or Rediscovered1 | Access |
Dasyurus maculatus bowlingi | (Spencer & Kershaw 1910) | King Island quoll | subfossil | King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia | Invalid | Access |
Dasyurus maculatus ssp. nov. 'Kangaroo Island' | - | Kangaroo Island spotted-tailed quoll | After 1836 | Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia | Extinct if valid | Access |
Parantechinus apicalis | Gray, 1842 | Dibbler, Southern dibbler, Freckled antechinus | (rediscovered) | Western Australia, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Pseudantechinus mimulus | Thomas, 1906 | Alexandria false antechinus, Carpentarian antechinus, Carpentarian Pseudantechinus, Carpentarian false antechinus | (rediscovered) | Northern Territory & Queensland, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Sarcophilus laniarius dixonae | Werdelin, 1987 | Mainland Tasmanian devil | ? | Mt. Hamilton, Victoria, Australia | Extinct | Access |
Sarcophilus laniarius laniarius | (Owen in Mitchell, 1838) | Great Tasmanian devil | ? | mainland Australia | Extinct | Access |
Sminthopsis douglasi | Archer, 1979 | Julia Creek dunnart | (rediscovered) | Queensland, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Sminthopsis longicaudata | Spencer, 1909 | Long-tailed dunnart, Long-tailed sminthopsis | (rediscovered) | Northern Territory & Western Australia, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Sminthopsis murina albipes | (Waterhouse, 1842) | Southeastern common dunnart | c. 1940? | South Australia & Victoria, Australia | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Sminthopsis murina constricta | Spencer, 1896 | Slender-tailed dunnart, Central common dunnart, Slender-tailed pouched mouse | 1910? | South Australia, Australia | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Sminthopsis psammophila | Spencer, 1895 | Sandhill dunnart, Sandhill sminthopsis,, Large desert sminthopsis Large desert marsupial-mouse | (rediscovered) | Northern Territory & South Australia, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
1 The nominate subspecies may be extant, depending upon whether D. g. fortis is valid or not.
Family: Myrmecobiidae (Numbats or Marsupial Anteaters)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Myrmecobius fasciatus rufus | Jones, 1923 | Eastern (rusty) numbat, Rufous numbat, Southeastern numbat | 1950 | South Australia, New South Wales & Western Australia, Australia | Extinct or invalid (synonym) | Access |
Family: Thylacinidae (Thylacines)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Dasyurus Lucocephalus | Grant, 1831 | Invalid (synonym) | ||||
Thylacinus breviceps | Krefft, 1868 | Invalid (synonym) | ||||
Thylacinus communis | Anon, 1859 | Invalid (synonym) | ||||
Thylacinus cynocephalus | (Harris, 1808) | Thylacine, Tasmanian tiger, Marsupial wolf etc. | 7 September 1936 | Continental Australia (prehistoric), New Guinea (prehistoric) and Tasmania | Missing1 | Access |
Thylacinus Harrisii | Temminck, 1824 | Invalid (synonym) | ||||
Thylacinus major | Owen, 1877 | Invalid (synonym) | ||||
Thylacinus rostralis | De Vis, 1894 | Invalid (synonym) | ||||
Thylacinus spelaeus | Owen, 1845 | Invalid (synonym) | ||||
Thylacinus striatus | Burnett, 18302 | Invalid (synonym) |
1 There have not been sufficient searches on New Guinea to confirm the species' extinction there.
2 I have discovered that Burnett (1830) is the true author of T. striatus. See my article on the matter.