Best Dasyuromorphia
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Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial on the mainland (Dasyurus maculatus), notable for spots extending onto the tail—unique among quolls—and listed as near threatened.
A small carnivorous marsupial of rocky sandstone habitats in northeastern Queensland, notable for semelparous reproduction in which all males die after the annual mating season.
A small carnivorous marsupial of arid central Australia first described from the MacDonnell Ranges, notable for storing fat reserves in a distinctively swollen tail.
A small insectivorous marsupial (Sminthopsis murina) widespread across southern Australia, one of about 21 dunnart species, capable of torpor to survive cold or food-scarce periods.
A small carnivorous marsupial of rocky terrain in Western Australia, named in honor of Australian mammalogist Patricia Woolley and recognized as a distinct species in the late twentieth century.
