Dasyurus hallucatus Gould 1842

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Dasyuromorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 22-37 : 25

Dasyurus hallucatus Gould 1842

Dasyurus hallucatus Gould 1842 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1842: 41.

Type Locality: Australia, Northern Territory, Port Essington.

Vernacular Names: Northern Quoll.

Synonyms: Dasyurus exilis Thomas 1909 ; Dasyurus nesaeus Thomas 1926 ; Dasyurus predator Thomas 1926 ; Dasyurus quoll (Zimmermann 1783) .

Distribution: Australia: N Northern Territory, N and NE Queensland, and N Western Australia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Common.

Discussion: Sometimes assigned to Satanellus . The original name Mustela quoll Zimmermann, 1783 , was suppressed under Article 80 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999), now correctly Dasyurus hallucatus .