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| | Encyclopedia: Dasyuromorphia |
 | | Binomial name Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) Thylacine The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), also known as the Tasmanian Tiger or the Tasmanian Wolf, was a large carnivorous marsupial native to Australia. |
 | | The primary specialisation among marsupial predators is that of size: prior to the massive environmental changes that came about with the arrival of humans about 50,000 years ago, there were several very large carnivores, none of them members of the Dasyuromorphia and all of them now extinct. |
 | | Genera Dasyurus Dasycercus Dasykaluta Sarcophilus The subfamily Dasyuridae includes about several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, Kowari, Mulgara, Kaluta, dibblers, psudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian Devil. |
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