Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Orders Superorder Ameridelphia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Superorder Australidelphia Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Marsupials are mammals in which the female typically has a pouch (called the marsupium, from which the name Marsupial derives) in which it rears its young through early infancy. ... Families Thylacinidae Dasyuridae Myrmecobiidae Most carnivorous marsupials belong to the order Dasyuromorphia, including the quolls, dunnarts, Numbat, Tasmanian Devil, and the recently extinct Thylacine. ... Families Thylacinidae Dasyuridae Myrmecobiidae Most carnivorous marsupials belong to the order Dasyuromorphia, including the quolls, dunnarts, Numbat, Tasmanian Devil, and the recently extinct Thylacine. ... Genera Dasyurus Dasycercus Dasykaluta Parantechinus Pseudantechinus Sarcophilus The subfamily Dasyuridae includes about several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, Kowari, Mulgara, Kaluta, dibblers, pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian Devil. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Species Kowari () Mulgara () Chuditch () Spotted-tailed Quoll () Dasycerus are a genus of small carnivorous marsupials, found in the gibber deserts and dry grassland of Australia. ... Quolls (genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials, native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. ...

Classification

• Tribe Dasyurini
  • Genus Dasycercus
    • Mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda
  • Genus Dasykalua
    • Little Red Kaluta, Dasykalua rosamondae
  • Genus Dasyuroides
    • Kowari, Dasyuroides byrnei
  • Genus Dasyurus: quolls
    • New Guinean Quoll, Dasyurus albopunctatus
    • Western Quoll, Dasyurus geoffroii
    • Northern Quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus
    • Tiger Quoll, Dasyurus maculatus
    • Bronze Quoll, Dasyurus spartacus
    • Eastern Quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus
  • Genus Myoictis
    • Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis melas
    • Wallace's Dasyure, Myoictis wallacii
  • Genus Neophascogale
    • Speckled Dasyure, Neophascogale lorentzi
  • Genus Parantechinus
    • Southern Dibbler, Parantechinus apicalis
  • Genus Phascolosorex
    • Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew, Phascolosorex doriae
    • Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew, Phascolosorex dorsalis
  • Genus Pseudantechinus
    • Sandstone Dibbler, Pseudantechinus bilarni
    • Fat-tailed False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis
    • Alexandria False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus mimulus
    • Ningbing False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus ningbing
    • Rory Cooper's False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus roryi
    • Woolley's False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus woolleyae
  • Genus Sarcophilus
    • Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisii

Species Kowari () Mulgara () Chuditch () Spotted-tailed Quoll () Dasycerus are a genus of small carnivorous marsupials, found in the gibber deserts and dry grassland of Australia. ... Binomial name Dasycercus cristicauda (Krefft, 1867) The Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) lives in deserts and spinifex bush of central Australia. ... Binomial name Dasykaluta rosamondae Ride, 1964 The little red kaluta or little red antechinus (Dasykaluta rosamondae) is a carnivorous nocturnal marsupial. ... Binomial name Dasycercus byrnei Spencer, 1896 The Kowari is a small carnivorous marsupial native to the dry graslands and deserts of central Australia. ... Quolls (genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials, native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 The Northern Quoll is a carnivorous marsupial mammal, native to Australia. ... Binomial name Dasyurus maculatus Kerr 1792 The Spotted Quoll, also known as the Spotted-tail Quoll and the Tiger Quoll, is a carnivorous marsupial mammal, native to Australia. ... Binomial name Sarcophilus harrisii (Owen, 1838) Synonyms Sarcophilius laniarius For other uses, see Tasmanian Devil (disambiguation). ...

References

• (November 16, 2005) Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.