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| | Planigalinae - BIRD |
 | | The subfamily Planigalinae contains the planigales and ningauis: very small marsupial carnivores native to Australia which are, like the quolls, antechinuses, dunnarts, Tasmanian Devil, and many others, part of the biological order Dasyuromorphia: the carnivorous marsupials. |
 | | Of the seven species, two are from the tropical northern part of the continent, the other five from the arid or semi-arid centre. |
 | | Three of the four planigales have been known for many years — John Gould described the Common Planigale in 1851 — but Giles' Planigale and all three ninguais were unknown to science until the 1970s and 1980s. |
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