Dasyuridae - Wikipedia
The Dasyuridae are a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including 71 extant species divided into 17 genera.
Dasyurid | Small-bodied, carnivorous & nocturnal | Britannica
Dasyurid, any member of a family (Dasyuridae) of marsupial mammals that includes the quolls (formerly called “native cats”), antechinus and dunnarts (formerly known as “marsupial mice and rats”), Tasmanian Devil, and their allies. All of the approximately 60 …
ADW: Dasyuridae: INFORMATION
The marsupial family Dasyuridae includes 61 species divided into 15 genera. Members of this family are found in Australia and New Guinea. Dasyurids range in size from roughly from 5 or 6 gm to 8 kg.
Dasyuridae - Animalia
The Dasyuridae are a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including 69 extant species divided into 21 genera.
ADW: Dasyuromorphia: INFORMATION
The order Dasyuromorphia includes 23 genera and 71 species of carnivorous marsupials in three families: Dasyuridae (dasyurids), Myrmecobiidae (numbats), and Thylacinidae (thylacinids). Both Myrmecobiidae and Thylacinidae contain a single recent …
Spotted-tailed Quoll - The Australian Museum
There are four species of quolls in Australia and all have the characteristic pointed snout, well-developed canines and hairy tail. As their name suggests, the Spotted-tailed Quoll is the only species where the pattern of white spots on the body continues to the tail.
Natural History Collections: Dasyurids - University of Edinburgh
Dasyurids are generally terrestrial or scansorial, i.e. spending most of their time in trees, and principally nocturnal or crepuscular, i.e. mostly active at duck or dawn. Dasyurids range in size from 3 grams to 8 kg; most weigh less than 250 grams.
Dasyures (BIODIVERSITY OF mammals ) · iNaturalist
The Dasyuridae are a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including 75 species divided into 15 genera. Many are small and mouse-like, giving them the misnomer marsupial mice , but the group also includes the cat-sized quolls, as well as the Tasmanian devil.
Hiding in plain sight: two new species of diminutive marsupial (Dasyuridae:
2023年8月14日 · Many of Australia’s smaller marsupial species have been taxonomically described in just the past 50 years, and the Dasyuridae, a speciose family of carnivores, is known to harbour many cryptic taxa.
The Dasyuridae of Australia and New Guinea exhibits one of the most spectacular species-level diversity of any marsupial group. This chapter examines the biogeographical areas of Australia and ...