Dasyurinae
The subfamily Dasyurinae includes several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, kowari, mulgara, kaluta, dibblers, phascogales, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian devil. The subfamily is defined largely on biochemical criteria.
| Dasyurinae | |
|---|---|
| Tiger quoll | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Subfamily: | Dasyurinae Goldfuss, 1820 |
| Tribes | |
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Dasyurini - 10 genera | |
Order Dasyuromorphia
- Family Thylacinidae
- Family Dasyuridae: (carnivorous marsupials)
- Subfamily Dasyurinae:
- †Wakamatha tasselii Archer & Rich, 1979; Mioc. Aust.
- †Dasylurinja kokuminola Archer, 1982; Miocene
- †Ankotarinja tirarensis Archer, 1976; Late Oligcene to Early Miocene
- †Keeuna woodburnei Archer, 1976; Late Oligcene to Early Miocene
- Tribe Dasyurini
- Mulgaras = Dasycercus spp.
- Little red kaluta = Dasykaluta rosamondae
- Kowari = Dasyuroides byrnei
- †Dasyuroides achilpatna Archer, 1982
- Quolls = Dasyurus spp.
- Some dasyures = Myoictis and Neophascogale spp.
- Dibbler = Parantechinus apicalis
- Marsupial shrews = Phascolosorex spp.
- False antechinuses = Pseudantechinus spp. (includes sandstone dibbler)
- Tasmanian devil = Sarcophilus harrisii
- Tribe Phascogalini
- Antechinuses = Antechinus spp.
- Other dasyures = Micromurexia, Murexechinus, Murexia, Paramurexia, Phascomurexia spp.
- Phascogales = Phascogale spp.
- Subfamily Sminthopsinae: dunnarts, kultarr, planigales, and ningauas
- Subfamily Dasyurinae:
- Family Myrmecobiidae
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