This order contains three recent families, Dasyuridae (dasyurids, including an amazing array of mouse- to dog-sized insectivorous or carnivorous species, Myrmecobiidae (containing just the numbat or marsupial anteater), and Thylacinidae (restricted the the probably-extinct thylacine or Tasmanian wolf). Dasyuromorphs are said to be modern representatives of a sort of basal stock of australodelphian marsupials, from which other Australian families arose. They are not syndactylous, and they have 4/3 incisors (polyprotodont).

Family Dasyuridae - (dasyurids)
Family Myrmecobiidae - (numbat or marsupial anteater)
Family Thylacinidae - (extinct thylacine or Tasmanian wolf)






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ARTIODACTYLA
CARNIVORA
CETACEA
CHIROPTERA
DASYUROMORPHIA
DERMOPTERA
DIDELPHIMORPHI
DIPROTODONTIA
HYRACOIDEA
INSECTIVORA
LAGOMORPHA
MACROSCELIDEA
MICROBIOTHERIA
MONOTREMATA
NOTORYCTEMORPHIA
PAUCITUBERCULATA
PERAMELEMORPHIA
PERISSODACTYLA
PHOLIDOTA
PRIMATES
PROBOSCIDEA
RODENTIA
SCANDENTIA
SIRENIA
TUBULIDENTATA
XENARTHRA












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