dasyurid

das·y·u·rid

(dăs′ē-yə-rĭd)

Any of various carnivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridae of Australia and New Guinea, including marsupial mice and rats, the quolls, and the Tasmanian devil.

[From New Latin Dasyūridae, family name, from Dasyūrus, type genus : Greek dasus, hairy + ourā, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots.]

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dasyurid - small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania

dasyurid marsupial

marsupial, pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae - dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils

dasyure - any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens

Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf, thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus - rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct

Sarcophilus hariisi, Tasmanian devil, ursine dasyure - small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail

marsupial mouse, marsupial rat, pouched mouse - any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats

banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat, anteater - small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

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Correlates of torpor in the insectivorous dasyurid marsupial Sminthopsis murina.

Comparative Analysis of Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography and Behavioral Ecology in Australian Marsupials/Analisis Comparativo de la Topografia de las Celulas Ganglionares de la Retina y Ecologia del Comportamiento en Marsupiales Australianos

The White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray, 1842) is a small insectivorous dasyurid marsupial with a sparse and patchy distribution in Tasmania and coastal and near-coastal Victoria and south-eastern New South Wales (NSW), as well as an outlier population in a high elevation climatic refuge in the Wet Tropics of north Queensland (Woinarski et al.

Notes on a record of the White-footed Dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray, 1842) (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae) north of Nowra, New South Wales

2000: Behavioural mechanisms of competition in small dasyurid marsupials.

Resource-defense behaviour: first report of an agonistic interaction between the opossum Didelphis aurita and the bat Artibeus lituratus

Diet overlap and relative abundance of sympatric dasyurid carnivores: a hypothesis of competition.

Food habits of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias iubatus) off Oregon and northern California, 1986-2007

Dr Diana Fisher of the University of Queensland has worked extensively with dasyurid marsupials (most of Australia's carnivorous marsupials are classified as dasyurid), including antechinuses and phascogales, and is doubtful many native species would make good pets.

Can keeping native mammals as pets help conserve wild populations?

Character displacement in Australian dasyurid carnivorores: size relationships and prey size patterns.

Morphoguilds identification as an approach to the study of resource partitioning in assemblages of terrestrial carnivores/Identificacion de morfogremios como aproximacion al estudio de reparto de recursos en ensambles de carnivoros terrestres

Circadian organization and photoreception in an Australian dasyurid marsupial (Sminthopsis macroura).

Antidepressant action of St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum: a test of the circadian hypotheses

In the past this dasyurid marsupial was also present on much of the Australian mainland, but it had almost certainly disappeared when the first Euro-pean colonists arrived, as a result of competition from dingoes (Canis familiaris dingo) introduced by the Aborigines.

4 The protected areas and biosphere reserves in the temperate rainforests

For example, in male dasyurid marsupials that have just finished the intense breeding season and shortly before they all die, the HPA axis is resistant to Dex injections (McDonald et al.

The impact of predator-induced stress on the snowshoe hare cycle

Two other assemblages of dasyurid carnivores occur in Australia.

Character displacement in Australian dasyurid carnivores: size relationships and prey size patterns

Cuttle P (1982) Life history strategy of the Dasyurid marsupial Phascogale tapoatafa.

The use of remote cameras at the nestboxes of arboreal mammals, Brush-tailed Phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa and Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps in the Rushworth State Forest: Fauna Survey Group Contribution No. 26

While studying dasyurid carnivores in south-east Tasmania, Meena Jones had the opportunity to assess the impact of speed on a population of eastern quolls (Dassyurus viverrinus) and Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus laniarius) when the Cradle Mountain Tourist Road at the northern end of the Cradle Mountain -- Lake St Clair National Park was upgraded.

Speed kills animals too

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