Dasyurids facts for kids
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Dasyuridae
Goldfuss, 1820
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Dasyuridae is a family of marsupial carnivores. It has nearly all non-extinct members of the order Dasyuromorphia. This means the quolls, phascogales, antechinuses, dunnarts, planigales, and Tasmanian devil (about 55 species in all).
Classification
- Famliy Dasyuridae
- Subfamily Dasyurinae: quolls and allies
- Subfamily Phascogalinae: phascogales and antechinuses
- Subfamily Sminthopsinae: dunnarts and allies
- Subfamily Planigalinae: planigales and ningauis
See also
In Spanish: Dasyuridae para niños
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