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Dasyurini

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Dasyurini
Tiger quoll
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Subfamily: Dasyurinae
Tribe: Dasyurini
Goldfuss, 1820
Genera

Dasycercus
Dasykalua
Dasyuroides
Dasyurus
Myoictis
Neophascogale
Parantechinus
Phascolosorex
Pseudantechinus
Sarcophilus

The tribe Dasyurini includes several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, kowari, mulgara, kaluta, dibblers, neophascogales, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian devil.

Classification

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References

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  • Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 24–28. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.