Sarcophilus F. Cuvier, 1837

Didelphis Harris, 1808:176 . Part ( Didelphis ursina Harris, 1808).

Sarcophilus F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. Cuvier 1837: unnumbered pages associated with plate 113, vol. 4, tome 7, livr. 70.

Type species Didelphis ursina Harris, 1808, by monotypy.

Dasyurus Owen in Mitchell, 1838:363, plate 49, figures 3 and 4. Part ( Dasyurus laniarius Owen, 1838).

Diabolus J. E. Gray in G. Grey, 1841:400, Appendix C. Type species Didelphis ursina Harris, 1808, by monotypy.

Ursinus Boitard, 1842:290 .

Type species Ursinus harrisii Boitard, 1842 (= Didelphis ursina Harris, 1808), by monotypy.

CONTENT AND CONTEXT. Order Dasyuromorphia, family Dasyuridae,

subfamily Dasyurinae, tribe Dasyurini . Sarcophilus is monotypic.