What is Dasyuromorphia?
{{Taxobox | name = Dasyuromorphia | fossil_range = Late [[Oligocene]] - Recent | image = Thylacinus.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Thylacine]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupial]]ia | ordo = '''Dasyuromorphia''' | ordo_authority = [[Theodore Nicholas Gill|Gill]], 1872 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = [[Thylacinidae]] (extinct)<br/> [[Dasyuridae]]<br/> [[Numbat|Myrmecobiidae]] }} '''Dasyuromorphia''' are a fair-sized [[Order (biology)|order]] of some of the more unusual [[Carnivore|carnivorous]] or [[Insectivore|insectivorous]] [[marsupial]]s. They vary in appearance, from [[rodent]]-like to [[shrew]]-like to [[cat]]-like to [[dog]]-like. This order includes the ever-famous [[Tasmanian devil]]. In this order, most of the marsupials have a pouch on the belly. However, some of the broad-footed marsupial [[mice]] have only folds of [[skin]] instead of true pouches, and the [[numbat]] lacks a pouch entirely. There are 63 species in 3 families, although one of the families is probably extinct: * '''[[Dasyuridae]]''' (quolls, native cats, marsupial mice, [[Tasmanian devil]]s) 61 species * '''Myrmecobiidae''' ([[numbat]]s) 1 species * '''[[Thylacinidae]]''' (Tasmanian wolf or [[thylacine]] - probably extinct) 1 species {{wikispecies|Dasyuromorphia}} [[Category:Dasyuromorphia| ]] [[Category:Marsupials of Australia]]