- '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...
- an
example of
convergent evolution.
Dasyurid teeth resemble those of
primitive marsupials. Like all
dasyurids, the
devil has
prominent canines and ch****...
- shrews, are
members of the
order Dasyuromorphia. The two
species of
these dasyurids are: Red-bellied
marsupial shrew,
Phascolosorex doriae (Indonesia) Narrow-striped...
- one of
three grades of development. The
least developed are
found in
dasyurids,
intermediates are
found in
didelphids and peramelids, and the most developed...
-
Antechinus (/æntɪˈkaɪnəs/ ('ant-echinus')) is a
genus of
small dasyurid marsupial endemic to Australia. They
resemble mice with the
bristly fur of shrews...
- was
established in 1975 to
accommodate two
newly described species of
dasyurids, the type
species Ningaui timealeyi and
Ningaui ridei. The author, Mike...
-
Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
-
hypothesis that high, free
corticosteroids result in
higher mortality in male
dasyurids. A
similar study on
Phascogale calura showed that
similar endocrine system...
- devils. A 2014
study compared the
skull of a
thylacine with that of
modern dasyurids and an
earlier thylacinid taxon Nimbacinus based on
biomechanical analysis...
-
undoubted dasyurid. It is the only
genus in the
subfamily Barinyainae. The prin****l
differences between Barinya and more
recent dasyurids are in the...
