The
tribe Dasyurini includes several genera of small carnivorous
marsupials native to
Australia
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:
quolls,
kowari,
mulgara,
kaluta,
dibblers,
neophascogales,
pseudantechinuses, and the
Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil (''Sarcophilus harrisii'') (palawa kani: purinina) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. Until recently, it was only found on the island state of Tasmania, but it has been reintroduced to New South Wales in ...
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Classification
* Tribe Dasyurini
** Genus ''
Dasycercus''
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Brush-tailed mulgara, ''Dasycercus blythi''
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Crest-tailed mulgara, ''Dasycercus cristicauda''
** Genus ''
Dasykaluta''
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Little red kaluta, ''Dasykaluta rosamondae''
** Genus ''
Dasyuroides
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Kowari, ''Dasyuroides byrnei''
** Genus ''
Dasyurus'':
quolls
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New Guinean quoll, ''Dasyurus albopunctatus''
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Western quoll, ''Dasyurus geoffroii''
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Northern quoll, ''Dasyurus hallucatus''
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Tiger quoll, ''Dasyurus maculatus''
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Bronze quoll, ''Dasyurus spartacus''
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Eastern quoll, ''Dasyurus viverrinus''
** Genus ''
Myoictis''
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Myoictis leucura
Woolley's three-striped dasyure (''Myoictis leucura'') is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. This marsupial carnivore lives in Papua New Guinea.
This species inhabits primary montane forest. Like its congeners, it appears to be diurnal and la ...
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Three-striped dasyure, ''Myoictis melas''
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Wallace's dasyure
Wallace's dasyure (''Myoictis wallacei'') or Wallace's three-striped dasyure is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. This marsupial carnivore is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Specifically, it is found on the Aru Islands of the Maluku ...
, ''Myoictis wallacii''
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Myoictis wavicus
The Tate's three-striped dasyure (''Myoictis wavicus'') is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. This marsupial carnivore lives in New Guinea. It inhabits primary montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The al ...
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** Genus ''
Neophascogale''
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Speckled dasyure, ''Neophascogale lorentzi''
** Genus ''
Parantechinus''
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Dibbler, ''Parantechinus apicalis''
** Genus ''
Phascolosorex''
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Red-bellied marsupial shrew, ''Phascolosorex doriae''
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Narrow-striped marsupial shrew, ''Phascolosorex dorsalis''
** Genus ''
Pseudantechinus''
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Sandstone false antechinus
The 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, ...
, ''Pseudantechinus bilarni''
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Fat-tailed false antechinus, ''Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis''
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Alexandria false antechinus, ''Pseudantechinus mimulus''
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Ningbing false antechinus, ''Pseudantechinus ningbing''
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Rory Cooper's false antechinus, ''Pseudantechinus roryi''
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Woolley's false antechinus, ''Pseudantechinus woolleyae''
** Genus ''
Sarcophilus''
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Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil (''Sarcophilus harrisii'') (palawa kani: purinina) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. Until recently, it was only found on the island state of Tasmania, but it has been reintroduced to New South Wales in ...
, ''Sarcophilus harrisii''
References
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Dasyuromorphs
Mammal tribes
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