Dasyurus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”) οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)

Proper noun

Dasyurus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyuridae – quolls of Australia and New Guinea.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria - infraclass; Dasyuromorphia - order; Dasyuridae - family; Dasyurinae - subfamily; Dasyurini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Dasyurus maculatus (tiger quoll, spot-tailed quoll) - type species; Dasyurus albopunctatus (New Guinea quoll), Dasyurus geoffroii (western quoll, chuditch), Dasyurus hallucatus (northern quoll), Dasyurus spartacus (bronze quoll), Dasyurus viverrinus (eastern quoll), †Dasyurus dunmalli - other species

References

• Dasyurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dasyurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dasyurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons