Dasyurini
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Classification
- Tribe Dasyurini
- Genus Dasycercus
- Brush-tailed MulgaraBrush-tailed MulgaraThe Brush-tailed Mulgara is a large carnivorous Australian marsupial species. Its body mass is over 100grams, with males being slightly larger than females. Their head length is 15 cm, and tail length is 9 cm....
, Dasycercus blythi - Crest-tailed MulgaraCrest-tailed MulgaraThe Crest-tailed Mulgara also called the Ampurta is a species of carnivorous marsupial from Australia. Also called the Crest-tailed Marsupial Mouse, this animal slightly resembles a placental rat....
, Dasycercus cristicauda
- Brush-tailed Mulgara
- Genus Dasykaluta
- Little Red KalutaLittle Red KalutaThe Little Red Kaluta , also known as the Little Red Antechinus, Russet Antechinus, Spinifex Antechinus or simply Kaluta, is a carnivorous nocturnal marsupial. It lives in the dry areas of Western Australia. Individuals are 9-11 cm long and weigh 20-40 grams...
, Dasykaluta rosamondae
- Little Red Kaluta
- Genus Dasyuroides
- KowariKowariThe Kowari , also known as the Brush-tailed Marsupial Rat, Kayer Rat, Byrne's Crest-tailed Marsupial Rat, Bushy-tailed Marsupial Rat and Kawiri, is a small carnivorous marsupial native to the dry grasslands and deserts of central Australia...
, Dasyuroides byrnei
- Kowari
- Genus Dasyurus: quollQuollThe quoll, or native cat, is a carnivorous marsupial native to mainland Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. It is primarily nocturnal and spends most of the day in its den. There are six species of quoll; four are found in Australia and two in New Guinea...
s- New Guinean QuollNew Guinean QuollThe New Guinean Quoll , also known as the New Guinea Quoll or New Guinea Native Cat, is a carnivorous marsupial mammal native to New Guinea...
, Dasyurus albopunctatus - Western QuollWestern QuollThe western quoll , also known as the chuditch or western native cat, is a medium sized predator and like its eastern and northern relatives, has a white-spotted brown coat and a long tail. It is most closely related to the eastern quoll from which it differs in possessing a first toe on the...
, Dasyurus geoffroii - Northern QuollNorthern QuollThe Northern Quoll , also known as the Northern Native Cat, the Satanellus, the North Australian Native Cat or the Njanmak , is a carnivorous marsupial mammal, native to Australia.- Taxonomy :The Northern Quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae, and is often stated to be the most distinctive...
, Dasyurus hallucatus - Tiger QuollTiger QuollThe tiger quoll , also known as the spotted-tail quoll, the spotted quoll, the spotted-tailed dasyure or the tiger cat, is a carnivorous marsupial of the quoll genus Dasyurus native to Australia...
, Dasyurus maculatus - Bronze QuollBronze QuollThe Bronze Quoll is a species of quoll found only in the Trans Fly savanna and grasslands of New Guinea. It was discovered in the early 1970s when five specimens were collected, but only described in 1987 when Dr...
, Dasyurus spartacus - Eastern QuollEastern QuollThe Eastern Quoll , also known as the Eastern Native Cat, is a medium-sized carnivorous dasyurid marsupial native to Australia. They are now considered extinct on the mainland, but remain widespread and even locally common in Tasmania...
, Dasyurus viverrinus
- New Guinean Quoll
- Genus MyoictisMyoictisMyoictis is a genus of marsupials in the order Dasyuromorphia. It is found in New Guinea.There are four species:* Woolley’s Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis leucura* Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis melas...
- Myoictis leucura
- Three-striped DasyureThree-striped DasyureThe Three-striped Dasyure is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore lives in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.- References :...
, Myoictis melas - Wallace's DasyureWallace's DasyureWallace's Dasyure is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Specifically, is found on the Aru Islands of the Maluku Province of Indonesia....
, Myoictis wallacii - Myoictis wavicus
- Genus Neophascogale
- Speckled DasyureSpeckled DasyureThe Speckled Dasyure , also known as the Long-clawed Marsupial Mouse, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. It is an inhabitant of Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is the only member of the genus Neophascogale.Its weight varies between 200 and 250 g; its body length ranges 16–23 cm, and...
, Neophascogale lorentzi
- Speckled Dasyure
- Genus Parantechinus
- DibblerDibblerDibbler is the common name for Parantechinus apicalis, an endangered species of marsupial. It is an inhabitant of the southwest mainland of Western Australia and some offshore islands. It is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order, and the only member of the genus, Parantechinus...
, Parantechinus apicalis
- Dibbler
- Genus Phascolosorex
- Red-bellied Marsupial ShrewRed-bellied Marsupial ShrewThe Red-bellied Dasyure or Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, Phascolosorex doriae - Narrow-striped Marsupial ShrewNarrow-striped Marsupial ShrewThe Narrow-striped Dasyure or Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, Phascolosorex dorsalis
- Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew
- Genus Pseudantechinus
- Sandstone DibblerSandstone DibblerThe Sandstone False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus bilarni, also known as the Sandstone Pseudantechinus, the Sandstone Antechinus, the Sandstone Dibbler, Harney's Antechinus and the Northern Dibbler, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial, which has a patchy distribution in Australia's Northern...
, Pseudantechinus bilarni - Fat-tailed False AntechinusFat-tailed False AntechinusThe Fat-tailed False Antechinus , also called the Fat-tailed Pseudantechinus and Red-eared Antechinus, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order...
, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis - Alexandria False AntechinusAlexandria False AntechinusThe Alexandria False Antechinus , also known as the Carpentarian False Antechinus or Carpentarian Pseudantechinus, is a small carnivorous marsupial, found only in a number of small, isolated localities in northern Australia...
, Pseudantechinus mimulus - Ningbing False AntechinusNingbing False AntechinusThe Ningbing False Antechinus , also known as the Ningbing Pseudantechinus, is a small species of carnivorous marsupial found in north-western Australia...
, Pseudantechinus ningbing - Rory Cooper's False AntechinusRory Cooper's False AntechinusRory Cooper's False Antechinus , also known as the Tan False Antechinus and the Tan Pseudantechinus, is a recently named species of small carnivorous marsupial which inhabits rocky outcrops in Western Australia...
, Pseudantechinus roryi - Woolley's False AntechinusWoolley's False AntechinusWoolley's False Antechinus , also known as Woolley's Pseudantechinus, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial belonging to the family Dasyuridae...
, Pseudantechinus woolleyae
- Sandstone Dibbler
- Genus SarcophilusSarcophilusSarcophilus is a genus of carnivorous marsupial best known for its only living member, the Tasmanian Devil.There are three species of Sarcophilus. S. laniarius and S. moornaensis are only known from fossils from the Pleistocene. S. laniarius was larger than the contemporary, and only surviving,...
- Tasmanian DevilTasmanian DevilThe Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, now found in the wild only on the Australian island state of Tasmania. The size of a small dog, it became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world following the extinction of the thylacine in 1936...
, Sarcophilus harrisii
- Tasmanian Devil
- Genus Dasycercus