Genus Sarcophilus Cuvier, 1837

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sarcophilus Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. 1837. in Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], É. & Cuvier, F. Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères, avec figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivants. (=Tome septième). Livr. 70. Paris : Blaise Vol. quatrième. [6] [Sarcophile Oursin p. 6].

  Type species:

   Didelphis ursina Harris, 1808 (=Sarcophilus ursinus (Harris, 1808)) by monotypy.
• Diabolus Gray, J.E. 1841. Contributions towards the geographical distribution of the Mammalia in Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species, in a letter addressed to the Author. Appendix C. pp. 397-414 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [400] [nom. nov. for Sarcophilus Cuvier, 1837].
• Ursinus Boitard, [P.] 1841. Le Jardin des Plantes. Description et Moeurs des Mammifères de la Ménagerie et du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Précédé d'une Introduction Historique, Descriptive et Pittoresque par M.J. Janin. Paris : J.J. Dubochet et Ce lxvi lxvi, 472 pp. [dated 1842 = August 1841; publication date established from Sherborn, C.D. 1922. Index Animalium sive index nominum quae ab A.D. MDCCLVIII generibus et speciebus animalium imposita sunt. Sectio secunda a kalendis Ianuariis, MDCCCI usque ad finem Decembris, MDCCCL. Part 1. Introduction, bibliography and index A-Aff. 1801–1850. London : British Museum cxxxi 128 pp. [xxvi]] [290].

  Type species:

   Ursinus harrisii Boitard, 1841 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Thomas, O. 1912. The technical name of the Tasmanian devil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 25: 116

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

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