Dasyurinae

Dasyurinae
Tiger Quoll
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: Dasyuridae Subfamily: Dasyurinae Goldfuss, 1820
Tribes & Genera
Dasyurini - 10 genera Phascogalini - 7 genera

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.

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
• Family Myrmecobiidae

References

• Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 24-32. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 

• Strahan, Ronald (1995). The Mammals of Australia, Reed Books, 54

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