- 'marsupial carnivores', as most
members of the
family are insectivores. Most
dasyurids are
roughly the size of mice, but a few
species are much larger. The smallest...
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Antechinus (/æntɪˈkaɪnəs/ ('ant-echinus')) is a
genus of
small dasyurid marsupial endemic to Australia. They
resemble mice with the
bristly fur of shrews...
- shrews, are
members of the
order Dasyuromorphia. The two
species of
these dasyurids are: Red-bellied
marsupial shrew,
Phascolosorex doriae (Indonesia) Narrow-striped...
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hypothesis that high, free
corticosteroids result in
higher mortality in male
dasyurids. A
similar study on
Phascogale calura showed that
similar endocrine system...
- an
example of
convergent evolution.
Dasyurid teeth resemble those of
primitive marsupials. Like all
dasyurids, the
devil has
prominent canines and ch****...
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developmental complexity.
Those who are the
least developed at
birth are
found in
dasyurids,
intermediate ones are
found in
didelphids and peramelids, and the most...
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Archived from the
original on 2014-01-09.
Retrieved 12
February 2017. "
Dasyurids". Marsupialsociety.org.
Retrieved 12
February 2017. P. A. Woolley; M....
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worked on the
genus Dasycercus, and has
worked extensively with
Australian dasyurids. The
northern mulgara is
externally very
similar to the brush-tailed mulgara...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
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Carnivorous marsupials continued hunting in the Pliocene,
including dasyurids, the dog-like
thylacine and cat-like Thylacoleo. The
first rodents arrived...
