Subfamily Dasyurinae Goldfuss 1820 (marsupial)
Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Parent taxon: Dasyuridae according to C. Krajewski et al. 1992
See also Dawson et al. 1999 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Barinyainae, Glaucodon, Murexia, Muricinae, Ningaui, Phascogalinae, Phascolosorexinae, Phascolosoricinae, Planigalinae, Sminthopsinae
Subtaxa: Archerium Dasyurini Parantechini
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-carnivore
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