Dasyuromorphia
order of marsupials
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Dasyuromorphia is an order of marsupials that includes about 60 species found in New Guinea, the Aru Islands, and Australia, including Tasmania. This family, known as Dasyuridae, encompasses animals like quolls, antechinus, dunnarts, and the Tasmanian devil. These marsupials are characterized as polyprotodont, meaning they have a specific arrangement of lower incisors. Marsupials, in general, are found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Americas, and can be terrestrial, arboreal, burrowing, or semiaquatic.123
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