Dasyurus

== Translingual == === Etymology === New Latin, from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) === Proper noun === Dasyurus m A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyuridae – quolls of Australia and New Guinea. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Metatheria – infraclass; Dasyuromorphia – order; Dasyuridae – family; Dasyurinae - subfamily; Dasyurini - tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Dasyurus maculatus (tiger quoll, spot-tailed quoll) - type species; Dasyurus albopunctatus (New Guinea quoll), Dasyurus geoffroii (western quoll, chuditch), Dasyurus hallucatus (northern quoll), Dasyurus spartacus (bronze quoll), Dasyurus viverrinus (eastern quoll), †Dasyurus dunmalli - other species === References === Dasyurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Dasyurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Dasyurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons