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Tribe of marsupials

Dasyurini

Tiger quoll
Scientific 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

Tribe Dasyurini
- Genus Dasycercus
  - Brush-tailed mulgara, Dasycercus blythi
  - Crest-tailed mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda
- Genus Dasykaluta
  - Little red kaluta, Dasykaluta rosamondae
- Genus Dasyuroides
  - Kowari, Dasyuroides byrnei
- Genus Dasyurus: quolls
  - New Guinean quoll, Dasyurus albopunctatus
  - Western quoll, Dasyurus geoffroii
  - Northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus
  - Tiger quoll, Dasyurus maculatus
  - Bronze quoll, Dasyurus spartacus
  - Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus
- Genus Myoictis
  - Myoictis leucura
  - Three-striped dasyure, Myoictis melas
  - Wallace's dasyure, Myoictis wallacii
  - Myoictis wavicus
- Genus Neophascogale
  - Speckled dasyure, Neophascogale lorentzi
- Genus Parantechinus
  - Dibbler, Parantechinus apicalis
- Genus Phascolosorex
  - Red-bellied marsupial shrew, Phascolosorex doriae
  - Narrow-striped marsupial shrew, Phascolosorex dorsalis
- Genus Pseudantechinus
  - Sandstone false antechinus, Pseudantechinus bilarni
  - Fat-tailed false antechinus, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
  - Alexandria false antechinus, Pseudantechinus mimulus
  - Ningbing false antechinus, Pseudantechinus ningbing
  - Rory Cooper's false antechinus, Pseudantechinus roryi
  - Woolley's false antechinus, Pseudantechinus woolleyae
- Genus Sarcophilus
  - Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii

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. 24–28. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

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Extant Dasyuromorphia species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Marsupialia

Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Dasyurinae

Dasycercus (Mulgaras)	Southern mulgara (D. archeri) Brush-tailed mulgara (D. blythi) Crest-tailed mulgara (D. cristicauda) Ampurta (D. hilleri) Little mulgara (D. marlowi) Northern mulgara (D. woolleyae
Dasykaluta	Little red kaluta (D. rosamondae)
Dasyuroides	Kowari (D. byrnei)
Dasyurus (Quolls)	New Guinean quoll (D. albopunctatus) Western quoll (D. geoffroii) Northern quoll (D. hallucatus) Tiger quoll (D. maculatus) Bronze quoll (D. spartacus) Eastern quoll (D. viverrinus)
Myoictis	Woolley's three-striped dasyure (M. leucura) Three-striped dasyure (M. melas) Wallace's dasyure (M. wallacii) Tate's three-striped dasyure (M. wavicus)
Neophascogale	Speckled dasyure (N. lorentzi)
Parantechinus	Dibbler (P. apicalis)
Phascolosorex (Marsupial shrews)	Red-bellied marsupial shrew (P. doriae) Narrow-striped marsupial shrew (P. dorsalis)
Pseudantechinus (False antechinuses)	Sandstone false antechinus (P. bilarni) Fat-tailed false antechinus (P. macdonnellensis) Alexandria false antechinus (P. mimulus) Ningbing false antechinus (P. ningbing) Rory Cooper's false antechinus (P. roryi) Woolley's false antechinus (P. woolleyae)
Sarcophilus	Tasmanian devil (S. harrisii)

Antechinus	Tropical antechinus (A. adustus) Agile antechinus (A. agilis) Fawn antechinus (A. bellus) Yellow-footed antechinus (A. flavipes) Atherton antechinus (A. godmani) Cinnamon antechinus (A. leo) Swamp antechinus (A. minimus) Brown antechinus (A. stuartii) Subtropical antechinus (A. subtropicus) Dusky antechinus (A. swainsonii)
Murexia	Habbema dasyure (M. habbema) Short-furred dasyure (M. longicaudata) Black-tailed dasyure (M. melanurus) Long-nosed dasyure (M. naso) Broad-striped dasyure (M. rothschildi)
Phascogale	Red-tailed phascogale (P. calura) Brush-tailed phascogale (P. tapoatafa)

Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Sminthopsinae

Antechinomys

Kultarr (A. laniger)

Ningaui

Sminthopsis
(Dunnarts)

S. crassicaudata species-group: Fat-tailed dunnart (S. crassicaudata)

S. macroura species-group: Kakadu dunnart (S. bindi)
Carpentarian dunnart (S. butleri)
Julia Creek dunnart (S. douglasi)
Stripe-faced dunnart (S. macroura)
Red-cheeked dunnart (S. virginiae)

S. granulipes species-group: White-tailed dunnart (S. granulipes)

S. griseoventer species-group: Kangaroo Island dunnart (S. aitkeni)
Boullanger Island dunnart (S. boullangerensis)
Grey-bellied dunnart (S. griseoventer)

S. longicaudata species-group: Long-tailed dunnart (S. longicaudata)

S. psammophila species-group: Hairy-footed dunnart (S. hirtipes)
Ooldea dunnart (S. ooldea)
Sandhill dunnart (S. psammophila)
Lesser hairy-footed dunnart (S. youngsoni)

Planigale	Paucident planigale (P. gilesi) Long-tailed planigale (P. ingrami) Common planigale (P. maculata) New Guinean planigale (P. novaeguineae) Narrow-nosed planigale (P. tenuirostris) Orange-headed Pilbara planigale (P. kendricki) Cracking-clay Pilbara planigale (P. tealei)

Family Myrmecobiidae

Myrmecobius	Numbat (M. fasciatus)

Taxon identifiers
Dasyurini	Wikidata: Q533062 Wikispecies: Dasyurini CoL: KRX ITIS: 709325 MSW: 10800012 Paleobiology Database: 234416

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