Dasyurinae

The subfamily Dasyurinae includes several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, kowari, mulgara, kaluta, dibblers, phascogales, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian devil. The subfamily is defined largely on biochemical criteria.

Order Dasyuromorphia Family Thylacinidae Family Dasyuridae: (carnivorous marsupials) Subfamily Dasyurinae: Tribe Dasyurini Mulgaras = Dasycercus spp. Little red kaluta = Dasykaluta rosamondae Kowari = Dasyuroides byrnei †Dasyuroides achilpatna Archer, 1982 Quolls = Dasyurus spp. Some dasyures = Myoictis and Neophascogale spp. Dibbler = Parantechinus apicalis Marsupial shrews = Phascolosorex spp. False antechinuses = Pseudantechinus spp. (includes sandstone dibbler) Tasmanian devil = Sarcophilus harrisii Tribe Phascogalini Antechinuses = Antechinus spp. Other dasyures = Micromurexia, Murexechinus, Murexia, Paramurexia, Phascomurexia spp. Phascogales = Phascogale spp. Subfamily Sminthopsinae: dunnarts, kultarr, planigales, and ningauis Family Myrmecobiidae