Onye na-ahụ maka ihe okike bụ George Harris dere nkọwa mbụ nke Tasmanian ekwensu na 1807, na-akpọ ya Didelphis ursina, n'ihi njirimara ya dị ka anụ ọhịa bear dị ka ntị gburugburu. O meela ihe ngosi na mbụ na isiokwu ahụ na Zoological Society nke London. Otú ọ dị, aha ahụ a na-akpọ aha ahụ bụ nke George Shaw nyere wombat nkịtị (mgbe e mesịrị ka ọ bụrụ Vombatus ursinus) na 1800, ọ bụ ya mere na ọ dịghịzi adị. N'afọ 1838, otu ụdị aha ya bụ Dasyurus lanicylus nke Richard Owen dere, ma site na 1877 ọ tụbara ya na Sarcophilus. A na-akpọ Tasmanian ekwensu nke oge a Sarcophilus lanicylus ("Harris's flesh-lover") site n'aka onye France bụ Pierre Boitard na 1841. A na-akpọ ya Didelphis ursina, n'ihi njirimara ya dị ka anụ ọhịa bear dị ka ntị gburugburu.
Sarcophilus harrisii