Dasyurus Definition

Dasyurus Sentence Examples

• The devil (Dasyurus or Sarcophilus ursinus) is black, with white bands on neck and haunches.

• In the "native cats," or dasyures, constituting the genus Dasyurus, the dental formula is i.

• Other terrestrial marsupials are the wombat (Phascolomys), a large, clumsy, burrowing animal, not unlike a pig, which attains a weight of from 60 to 100 lb; the bandicoot (Perameles), a rat-like creature whose depredations annoy the agriculturist; the native cat (Dasyurus), noted robber of the poultry yard; the Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus), which preys on large game; and the recently discovered Notoryctes, a small animal which burrows like a mole in the desert of the interior.