Order Dasyuromorphia

Animals in the order Dasyuromorphia on Global Animal Guide. The guide features 4 species in this order — each profile answers the most-searched questions first.

Tasmanian devil with wide open jaws showing powerful teeth

Endangered

Mammal

Tasmanian Devil

Australia's feisty marsupial scavenger

Numbat with white transverse stripes and bushy tail foraging on sunlit wandoo woodland floor

Endangered

Mammal

Numbat

Diurnal termite-eating marsupial

Spotted-tailed quoll with white body spots and long spotted tail on a mossy log

Near Threatened

Mammal

Spotted-tailed Quoll

Largest mainland Australian marsupial carnivore

Eastern quoll with white spots on dark fur standing on Tasmanian grass at dusk

Endangered

Mammal

Eastern Quoll

Spotted Tasmanian survivor lost from the mainland