Dasyuridae
Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844)
Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844)
Sminthopsis crassicaudata, the fat-tailed dunnart, is a small carnivorous marsupial found across most of Australia with trichromatic vision.
Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse, 1838)
Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse, 1838)
The slender-tailed dunnart is an Australian dasyurid marsupial with two subspecies living in varied eastern habitats.
Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793)
Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793)
Phascogale tapoatafa, the brush-tailed phascogale, is a small Australian marsupial with a characteristic bottle-brush tail and unique male breeding mortality.
Antechinus minimus (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
Antechinus minimus (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
Antechinus minimus, the swamp antechinus, is a shrew-like dasyurid marsupial with two subspecies occupying habitats across southern Australia.
Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841
Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841
The brown antechinus, Antechinus stuartii, is a small Australian mammal found in forests east of the Great Dividing Range.
Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838)
Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838)
Antechinus flavipes, the yellow-footed antechinus, is a small Australian carnivorous marsupial with distinctive fur traits and semelparous reproduction.
Antechinus agilis Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King, 1998
Antechinus agilis Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King, 1998
The agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis) is a small marsupial found in southeastern Australian moist forests, not currently threatened.
Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792)
Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792)
Dasyurus maculatus (tiger quoll) is Australia's largest quoll species, a carnivorous marsphal native to eastern Australia.
Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800)
Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800)
Dasyurus viverrinus, the eastern quoll, is a cat-sized marsupial now found mainly in Tasmania.
Dasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1841
Dasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1841
Dasyurus geoffroii, the western quoll, is a cat-sized nocturnal carnivorous marsupial now restricted to south-western Western Australia.
Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842
Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842
Dasyurus hallucatus, the northern quoll, is a carnivorous Australian marsupial that has declined sharply since European colonisation.
Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841)
Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841)
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is the largest surviving carnivorous marsupial, with a squat build, powerful bite, and unique reproductive and social behaviors. It was once on mainland Australia but now mainly lives in Tasmania, facing challenges like roadkill and disease.
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