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Dasyurus hallucatus

Description

The northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), also known as the northern native cat, the North Australian native cat, the satanellus or the njanmak (in the indigenous Mayali language), is a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2435358https://www.gbif.org/species/2435358
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)234431https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=234431
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dasyuromorphia : Dasyuridae : Dasyurus : Dasyurus hallucatus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dasyuromorphia : Dasyuridae : Dasyurus : Dasyurus hallucatus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
-Marsupialia
-AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
superorderEometatheriaSimpson 1970
orderDasyuromorphiaGill 1872
suborderDasyuroideaGoldfuss 1820
familyDasyuridaeGoldfuss 1820
subfamilyDasyurinaeGoldfuss 1820
tribeDasyuriniGoldfuss 1820
genusDasyurusGeoffroy 1796
speciesDasyurus hallucatusGould 1842
Generic NameDasyurus
Common Namenorthern quoll
Scientific NameDasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842
Name Published InGould, John. 1842. Characters of a new species of Perameles, and a new species of Dasyurus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 41-42.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dasyurus hallucatusspeciesbelongs to Dasyurusstated with evidenceGould, 1842
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore, carnivore (based on Dasyuridae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Krajewski, A. C. Driskell, and P. R. Baverstock, M. J. Braun. 1992. Phylogenetic relationships of the thylacine (Mammalia: Thylacinidae) among dasyuroid marsupials: evidence from cytochrome b DNA sequences. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 250:19-27
Common Name(s) Northern Quoll, Zwerg-fleckenbeutelmarder, Little Northern "native Cat", Satanellus
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasyurus_hallucatus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dasyurus hallucatus exilis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dasyurus hallucatus hallucatus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dasyurus hallucatus nesaeus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dasyurus hallucatus predator
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1842Dasyurus hallucatus Gould
1992Dasyurus hallucatus Krajewski et al. p. 20

References

Krajewski C., Driskell A. C., et al (1992) Phylogenetic relationships of the thylacine (Mammalia: Thylacinidae) among dasyuroid marsupials: evidence from cytochrome b DNA sequences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 250, 19-27
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nowak, Ronald M. (1991) Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed. - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life
Nowak, Ronald M., 1991: null. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.. 1629. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1460 Dasyurm hallucatus Gould, 1842 (Mammalia, Marsupialia): conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44, 218 (1987) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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