Sarcophilus

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Sarcophilus

The Tasmanian Devil is the only living species from Sarcophilus

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Subfamily:	Dasyurinae
Tribe:	Dasyurini
Genus:	Sarcophilus F.G. Cuvier, 1837

Type species

Sarcophilus laniarius
Owen, 1838

Species

S. harrisii
†S. laniarius
†S. moornaensis

Sarcophilus is a genus of carnivorous marsupial best known for its only living member, the Tasmanian Devil.

There are three species of Sarcophilus. S. laniarius and S. moornaensis are only known from fossils from the Pleistocene. S. laniarius was larger than the contemporary species S. harrisii, weighing up to 10 kilograms more. The relationship between the three species is unclear; while some have proposed that S. harrisii may be a dwarf version of S. laniarius, others argue that it is a completely different species and that the two may have coexisted during the Pleistocene.

[edit] References

Long, J., Archer, M., Flannery, T. and Hand, S. 2002. Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. John Hopkins University Press. pp 55. ISBN 0801872235.

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Extant Dasyuromorphia species

Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Dasyurinae

Dasyurini

Dasycercus	Brush-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus blythi) · Crest-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda)

Dasykaluta	Little Red Kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae)

Dasyuroides	Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)

Dasyurus	New Guinean Quoll (Dasyurus albopunctatus) · Western Quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) · Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) · Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) · Bronze Quoll (Dasyurus spartacus) · Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)

Myoictis	Myoictis leucura · Three-striped Dasyure (Myoictis melas) · Wallace's Dasyure (Myoictis wallacii) · Myoictis wavicus

Neophascogale	Speckled Dasyure (Neophascogale lorentzi)

Parantechinus	Southern Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis)

Phascolosorex	Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew (Phascolosorex doriae) · Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew (Phascolosorex dorsalis)

Pseudantechinus	Sandstone Dibbler (Pseudantechinus bilarni) · Fat-tailed False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis) · Alexandria False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus) · Ningbing False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus ningbing) · Rory Cooper's False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus roryi) · Woolley's False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus woolleyae)

Sarcophilus	Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Phascogalini

Antechinus	Tropical Antechinus (Antechinus adustus) · Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis) · Fawn Antechinus (Antechinus bellus) · Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flaviceps) · Atherton Antechinus (Antechinus godmani) · Cinnamon Antechinus (Antechinus leo) · Swamp Antechinus (Antechinus minimus) · Brown Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii) · Subtropical Antechinus (Antechinus subtropicus) · Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii)

Micromurexia	Habbema Dasyure (Antechinus habbema)

Murexechinus	Black-tailed Dasyure (Murexechinus melanurus)

Murexia	Short-furred Dasyure (Murexia longicaudata)

Paramurexia	Broad-striped Dasyure (Paramurexia rothschildi)

Phascomurexia	Long-nosed Dasyure (Phascomurexia naso)

Phascogale	Red-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale calura) · Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa)

Family Dasyuridae, subfamily Sminthopsinae

Sminthopsini

Antechinomys	Kultarr (Antechinomys laniger)

Ningaui	Wongai Ningaui (Ningaui ridei) · Pilbara Ningaui (Ningaui timealeyi) · Southern Ningaui (Ningaui yvonnae)

Sminthopsis	S. crassicaudata species-group: Fat-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) S. macroura species-group: Kakadu Dunnart (Sminthopsis bindi) · Carpentarian Dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri) · Julia Creek Dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) · Stripe-faced Dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) · Red-cheeked Dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae) S. granulipes species-group: White-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis granulipes) S. griseoventer species-group: Kangaroo Island Dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) · Boullanger Island Dunnart (Sminthopsis boullangerensis) · Grey-bellied Dunnart (Sminthopsis griseoventer) S. longicaudata species-group: Long-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis longicaudata) S. murina species-group: Chestnut Dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) · Little Long-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura) · Sooty Dunnart (Sminthopsis fulginosus) · Gilbert's Dunnart (Sminthopsis gilberti) · White-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus) · Slender-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) S. psammophila species-group: Hairy-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis hirtipes) · Ooldea Dunnart (Sminthopsis ooldea) · Sandhill Dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila) · Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis youngsoni)