dasyurid

English

Noun

dasyurid (plural dasyurids)

1. A member of the family Dasyuridae, comprising carnivorous marsupials.
   • 1998, Terence Lindsey, Mammals of Australia, New Holland, published 2004, page 22:

     The Tasmanian Devil and the several species of quolls are by far the largest of the dasyurids, but the group is very diverse, and includes about 30 species of small insect-eaters, some not a lot bigger than a mouse.

   • 2024, David Owen, David Pemberton, Tasmanian Devil, Allen & Unwin, page 67:

     It was once assumed that dasyurids made little use of visual communications because they are nocturnal.

Synonyms

• dasyure

Translations

member of family Dasyuridae

• Finnish: pussipeto (fi)