DASYURIDAE, Goldfuss, 1820
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6608102 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA7087C1-FFA9-2444-FEAE-FDC1074B0455 |
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Felipe |
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Family DASYURIDAE View in CoL
(CARNIVOROUS MARSUPIALS)
• Smallto medium-sized carnivorous marsupials with small lower incisors and bushy, carrotshaped, or gradually tapered tails, slightly shorter or longer than headbody length.
• 10-130 cm. View Figure
• Australasian Region. View Figure
• Semi-arid to arid deserts and xeric shrublands; grasslands and savannas; open and closed forests and woodlands; swamps; temperate to tropical rainforests.
• 17 genera, 74 species, 99 extanttaxa.
• | species Critically Endangered, 5 species Endangered, 5 species Vulnerable; no species Extinct since 1600.
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