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Taxon: Family Dasyuridae Goldfuss, 1820 - marsupial "mice" and "cats", and Tasmanian devil (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Dasyuromorphia

Subsequent positions

Dasyuromorphia (Grandorder) Gill, 1872 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 54.

Original entries

Questionably Dasyurinae (Subfamily) Goldfuss, 1820
Questionably Dasyuroides (Genus) Spencer, 1896
Questionably Myrmecobiinae (Subfamily) Waterhouse, 1838
Questionably Phascolosoricinae (Subfamily) (Archer, 1982) Archer, 1989

Current position

Dasyuromorphia (Order) Gill, 1872 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Dasyuroidea (Superfamily) (Goldfuss, 1820)
Dasyuroidea (Suborder) Goldfuss, 1820 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 628.
Dasyuromorphia (Grandorder) Gill, 1872 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 54. [new position]
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 30.
Marsupicarnivora (Order) Ride, 1964 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1017.

Historical positions

Dasyuromorphia (Order) Gill, 1872 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Dasyuromorphia (Order) Gill, 1872 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Dasyuromorphia (Order) Gill, 1872 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 23.
Dasyuromorphia (Grandorder) Gill, 1872 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 54. [new position]
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: 1995
Dasyuromorphia (Order) Gill, 1872 Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 29; 4.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 13.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 30-31.
Dasyuroidea (Suborder) Goldfuss, 1820 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 628.
Marsupicarnivora (Order) Ride, 1964 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1017-1018.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 610.
Dasyuroidea (Superfamily) (Goldfuss, 1820) Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 21g;69s;14ss; ‡1ss; †5g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 21g;69s;14ss; ‡1ss; †5g
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56 20g;70s
2005 C.P. Groves [21g;69s;14ss; ‡1ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [14g; †5g]
1993 C.P. Groves 15g;61s
1991 R.M. Nowak 17g;58s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [14g];~61s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 2sf
1973 W. Fiedler et al. 13(15)g;46s
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024