dasyurus

• Substantiv, das die Typusgattung der Familie Dasyuridae bezeichnet, zu der Beutelmarder und andere räuberische Beuteltiere Australiens und Neuguineas gehören.

A noun referring to the type genus of the family Dasyuridae, which includes native cats and other carnivorous marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea.

Eigenname

1. Type genus of DasyuridaeC2formalaustralianscientific

   A genus of carnivorous marsupials, commonly known as native cats or quolls, found in Australia and New Guinea.

   Typusgattung der Beutelmarder

   • The Dasyurus genus includes several species of quolls.
   • Dasyurus viverrinus, the eastern quoll, is now extinct on the Australian mainland.
   • Researchers are studying the behavior of Dasyurus hallucatus, the northern quoll.