Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Ordo: Dasyuromorphia
Familia: Dasyuridae
Subfamilia: Dasyurinae
Tribus: Dasyurini - Phascogalini
Name
Dasyurinae Goldfuss, 1820
Vernacular names
References
* Dasyurinae on Mammal species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Handb. Zool. II: 447.
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)
o SUBFAMILY DASYURINAE:†Wakamatha tasselii Archer & Rich, 1979; Mioc. Aust.
+ †Dasylurinja kokuminola Archer, 1982; Miocene.
+ †Ankotarinja tirarensis Archer, 1976; Late Oligcene to Early Miocene.
+ †Keeuna woodburnei Archer, 1976; Late Oligcene to Early Miocene.
+ 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.
o Subfamily Sminthopsinae: dunnarts, Kultarr, planigales and ningauas
* Family Myrmecobiidae
References
* Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 24-32. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
* Strahan, Ronald (1995). The Mammals of Australia, Reed Books, 54
