Subspecies and Distribution. P.d.dorsalisPeters&Doria,1876—ArfakMtsWNewGuinea. P.d.brevicaudataRothschild&Dollman,1932—WeylandRangeWNewGuinea. P. d. whartoni Tate & Archbold, 1936 — New Guinea Central Range and Huon Peninsula. in Dasyuridae

Subspecies and Distribution. P.d.dorsalisPeters&Doria,1876—ArfakMtsWNewGuinea. P.d.brevicaudataRothschild&Dollman,1932—WeylandRangeWNewGuinea. P. d. whartoni Tate & Archbold, 1936 — New Guinea Central Range and Huon Peninsula.Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Dasyuridae, pp. 232-348 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 299, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.660810