DASYURE  , a bookname for any member of the zoological See also:

• FAMILY

family Dasyuridae . (See See also:

• MARSUPIALIA
• MARSUPIALIA (from Lat. marsupium, a "pouch," or "bag")

MARSUPIALIA.) The name is better restricted to animals of the typical genus Dasyurus, sometimes called true Dasyures . These are mostly inhabitants of the Australian See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent and See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania, where in the See also:

• ECONOMY

economy of nature they take the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the smaller predaceous See also:

• CARNIVORA

Carnivora, the See also:

• CATS, JACOB (1577-1660)

cats, civets and weasels of other parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world . They hide themselves in the daytime in holes among rocks or in hollow trees, but prowl about at See also:

• NIGHT

night in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of the small living mammals and birds which constitute their See also:

• PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey, and are to some extent arboreal in See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit . The spot-tailed dasyure (D. maculatus), about the See also:

• SIZE

size of a See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat, inhabiting Tasmania and See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, has transversely striated pads on the soles of the feet . These See also:

• ORGANS

organs are also See also:

• PRESENT

present in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Australian dasyure (D. hallucatus) and the Papuan D. albopunctatus, and are regarded by See also:

• OLDFIELD, ANNE (1683–173o)

Oldfield See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas as indication of arboreal habits; in the See also:

• COMMON

common dasyure (D. viverrinus) from Tasmania and See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, and the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black-tailed dasyure (D. geoffroyi) from See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Australia, these feet-pads are absent, whence these See also:

• SPECIES

species are believed to seek their prey on the ground . The ursine dasyure (Sarcophilus See also:

• URSINUS, ZACHARIAS (1534-1583)

ursinus), often called the " Tasmanian See also:

• DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

Devil," constitutes a distinct genus . In size it may be compared to an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• BADGER

badger; the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur is black tingedwith See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown, with See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white patches on the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck, shoulders, rump and See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest . It is a burrowing See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal, of nocturnal habits, intensely carnivorous, and commits See also:

• GREAT

great depredations on the sheepyards and poultry-lofts of the settlers . In See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing of this species Krefft says that one—by no means a large one-escaped from confinement and killed in two nights fifty-four fowls, six geese, an See also:

• ALBATROSS (from the Port. Alcatraz, a pelican)

albatross and a cat . It was recaptured in what was considered a stout See also:

• TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap, with a See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door constructed of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron bars as thick as a See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead See also:

• PENCIL (Lat. penicillus, brush, literally little tail)

pencil, but escaped by twisting this solid obstacle aside .