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Taxon: Family
Dasyuridae
(Goldfuss, 1820) Waterhouse, 1838
- marsupial "mice" and "cats", and Tasmanian devil
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Metatheria
..............................................................................Cohort Marsupialia - marsupials
................................................................................Magnorder Australidelphia
..................................................................................Superorder Eometatheria
....................................................................................Grandorder Dasyuromorphia
......................................................................................Order Dasyuromorphia
........................................................................................Family Myrmecobiidae
........................................................................................Family ‡Thylacinidae
........................................................................................(Family Myrmecobiidae)
........................................................................................Family Dasyuridae - marsupial "mice" and "cats", and Tasmanian devil
..........................................................................................Genus †Ankotarinja
..........................................................................................Genus †Dasylurinja
..........................................................................................Genus †Keeuna
..........................................................................................Genus †Wakamatha
..........................................................................................Subfamily Dasyurinae
..........................................................................................Subfamily Sminthopsinae
..........................................................................................»Genus Antechinomys - kultarr
..........................................................................................»Genus Antechinus - broad-footed marsupial "mice"
..........................................................................................»Genus Dasycercus - mulgara
..........................................................................................»Genus Dasykaluta
..........................................................................................»Genus Dasyuroides - kowari
..........................................................................................»Genus Dasyurus - native "cats", tiger "cats"
..........................................................................................»Genus Murexia - short-haired marsupial "mice"
..........................................................................................»Genus Myoictis - three-striped marsupial "mouse"
..........................................................................................»Genus Neophascogale - long-clawed marsupial "mouse"
..........................................................................................»Genus Ningaui - ningauis
..........................................................................................»Genus Parantechinus
..........................................................................................»Genus Phascogale - brush-tailed marsupial "mice", tuans
..........................................................................................»Genus Phascolosorex
..........................................................................................»Genus Planigale - flat-skulled marsupial "mice"
..........................................................................................»Genus Pseudantechinus
..........................................................................................»Genus Sarcophilus - Tasmanian devil
..........................................................................................»Genus Sminthopsis - narrow-footed marsupial "mice"
..........................................................................................(Genus Satanellus)
..........................................................................................(Subfamily Muricinae)
..........................................................................................(Subfamily Myrmecobiinae)
..........................................................................................(Subfamily Phascogalinae)
..........................................................................................(Subfamily Phascolosoricinae)
..........................................................................................(Subfamily ‡Thylacininae)
Ecology
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:
Insectivore
Ecology/Habitat
Habitat
:
Desert
Habitat
:
Forest
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012