Dasyurinae
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Dasyurini - 10 genera |
The subfamily Dasyurinae includes several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, Kowari, Mulgara, Kaluta, dibblers, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian Devil.
Order Dasyuromorphia
- Family Thylacinidae
- Family Dasyuridae: (carnivorous marsupials)
- SUBFAMILY DASYURINAE:
- Tribe Dasyurini
- mulgaras = Dasycercus spp
- Little Red Kaluta = Dasykaluta rosamondae
- Kowari = Dasyuroides byrnei
- quolls = Dasyurus spp.
- some dasyures = Myoictis and Neophascogale spp.
- Southern 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.
- Tribe Dasyurini
- Subfamily Sminthopsinae: dunnarts, Kultarr, planigales and ningauas
- SUBFAMILY DASYURINAE:
- Family Myrmecobiidae
[edit] References
- Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 24-32. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.