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 ThylacinidaeFamily Dasyuridae: (carnivorous marsupials)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 MioceneTribe DasyuriniMulgaras = Dasycercus spp.Little red kaluta = Dasykaluta rosamondaeKowari = Dasyuroides byrnei†Dasyuroides achilpatna Archer, 1982Quolls = Dasyurus spp.Some dasyures = Myoictis and Neophascogale spp.Dibbler = Parantechinus apicalisMarsupial shrews = Phascolosorex spp.False antechinuses = Pseudantechinus spp. (includes sandstone dibbler)Tasmanian devil = Sarcophilus harrisiiTribe PhascogaliniAntechinuses = Antechinus spp.Other dasyures = Micromurexia, Murexechinus, Murexia, Paramurexia, Phascomurexia spp.Phascogales = Phascogale spp.Subfamily Sminthopsinae: dunnarts, kultarr, planigales, and ningauasFamily Myrmecobiidae
