Dasyurus

E652879
genus taxon

Dasyurus is a genus of carnivorous marsupials known as quolls, native to Australia and New Guinea.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Dasyurus viverrinus 1
spotted-tailed quoll 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
belongsToInfraClass Marsupialia NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToSubclass Theria NERFINISHED ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName native cat ⓘ
quoll ⓘ
conservationConcern many species threatened ⓘ
describedBy Georges Cuvier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedInYear 1796 ⓘ
diet carrion ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ
small vertebrates ⓘ
distributionRegion Australasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
domain Eukarya ⓘ
surface form: Eukaryota
etymologyLanguage Greek ⓘ
etymologyMeaning hairy tail ⓘ
family Dasyuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalTimeOfOrigin Pleistocene or earlier ⓘ
habitat forests ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ
hasSpecies Dasyurus albopunctatus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dasyurus geoffroii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dasyurus hallucatus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dasyurus macleayi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dasyurus maculatus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dasyurus spartacus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dasyurus viverrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVernacularNameLanguage English ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nativeTo Australia ⓘ
New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacteristic partially arboreal behavior ⓘ
pointed snout ⓘ
spotted coat pattern ⓘ
order Dasyuromorphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentTaxon Dasyuridae NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproductiveType marsupial ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
trophicGuild carnivore ⓘ
typeSpecies Dasyurus viverrinus ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dasyuromorphia → includesGenus → Dasyurus ⓘ
Greater Blue Mountains Area → hasSpecies → Dasyurus ⓘ
this entity surface form: spotted-tailed quoll
eastern quoll → genus → Dasyurus ⓘ
eastern quoll → binomialName → Dasyurus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dasyurus viverrinus