Any of various often carnivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridae of Australia, Tasmania, and adjacent islands, including marsupial mice and rats, native cats, the Tasmanian devil, and the Tasmanian wolf.
ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin Dasyrus, genus name : Greek dasus, hairy + our, tail; see ors- in Appendix I.
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