Biology:Dasyurinae

Short description: Subfamily of mammals

Dasyurinae
Tiger quoll
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Subfamily:	Dasyurinae Goldfuss, 1820
Tribes
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.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. 24-32. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp. 
• Strahan, Ronald (1995). The Mammals of Australia, Reed Books, 54

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