Family

Dasyuridae

12 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Dasyuromorphia › Dasyuridae

Fat-tailed Dunnart

Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844)

Sminthopsis crassicaudata, the fat-tailed dunnart, is a small carnivorous marsupial found across most of Australia with trichromatic vision.

Slender-tailed Dunnart

Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse, 1838)

The slender-tailed dunnart is an Australian dasyurid marsupial with two subspecies living in varied eastern habitats.

Brush-tailed Phascogale

Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793)

Phascogale tapoatafa, the brush-tailed phascogale, is a small Australian marsupial with a characteristic bottle-brush tail and unique male breeding mortality.

Swamp Antechinus

Antechinus minimus (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Antechinus minimus, the swamp antechinus, is a shrew-like dasyurid marsupial with two subspecies occupying habitats across southern Australia.

Brown Antechinus

Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841

The brown antechinus, Antechinus stuartii, is a small Australian mammal found in forests east of the Great Dividing Range.

Yellow-footed Antechinus

Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838)

Antechinus flavipes, the yellow-footed antechinus, is a small Australian carnivorous marsupial with distinctive fur traits and semelparous reproduction.

Agile Antechinus

Antechinus agilis Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King, 1998

The agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis) is a small marsupial found in southeastern Australian moist forests, not currently threatened.

Spotted-tailed Quoll

Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792)

Dasyurus maculatus (tiger quoll) is Australia's largest quoll species, a carnivorous marsphal native to eastern Australia.

Eastern Quoll

Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800)

Dasyurus viverrinus, the eastern quoll, is a cat-sized marsupial now found mainly in Tasmania.

Western Quoll

Dasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1841

Dasyurus geoffroii, the western quoll, is a cat-sized nocturnal carnivorous marsupial now restricted to south-western Western Australia.

Northern Quoll

Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842

Dasyurus hallucatus, the northern quoll, is a carnivorous Australian marsupial that has declined sharply since European colonisation.

Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841)

The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is the largest surviving carnivorous marsupial, with a squat build, powerful bite, and unique reproductive and social behaviors. It was once on mainland Australia but now mainly lives in Tasmania, facing challenges like roadkill and disease.