He aha te ingoa i hoatu ki te wombat noa (i muri i whakarōpūtia hei Vombatus ursinus) e George Shaw i te tau 1800, na reira i kore e waatea. I te 1838, i tapaina he tauira ko Dasyurus lanicariius e Richard Owen, engari i te 1877 i whakahokia e ia ki a Sarcophilus lanicariius. I tapaina te rewera o Tasmania o tenei ra ko Sarcophilus lanicariius ("Harris's flesh-lover") e te tohunga French a Pierre Boitard i te tau 1841. I whakaputaina e ia a Didelphis ursina, na ona ahuatanga rite ki te karu, penei i te taringa porowhita. I mua ake nei i tana whakaaturanga mo te kaupapa i te Zoological Society of London. Heoi, ko taua ingoa takirua kua hoatu ki te wombat noa (i muri i whakarōpūtia hei Vombatus ursinus) e George Shaw i te tau 1800, na reira i kore e waatea. I te timatanga o te rautau 19 ko te ingoa o tenei momo i whakauruhia e te ingoa o te momo o te kararehe nui o Tas
Ko te Sarcophilus harrisii