dasyurid
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Noun
dasyurid (plural dasyurids)
- A member of the family Dasyuridae, comprising carnivorous marsupials.
- 1998, Terence Lindsey, Mammals of Australia, New Holland 2004, p. 22:
- The Tasmanian Devil and the several species of quolls are by far the largest of the dasyurids, but the group is very diverse, and includes about 30 species of small insect-eaters, some not a lot bigger than a mouse.
- 1998, Terence Lindsey, Mammals of Australia, New Holland 2004, p. 22:
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