| Kowari[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Subfamily: | Dasyurinae |
| Tribe: | Dasyurini |
| Genus: | Dasyuroides Spencer, 1896 |
| Species: | D. byrnei
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasyuroides byrnei Spencer, 1896
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| Distribution of the kowari | |
The kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei), also known by its Diyari name kariri, is a small carnivorous marsupial native to the gibber deserts of central Australia. It is the sole member of the genus Dasyuroides.
Other names for the species include brush-tailed marsupial rat, bushy-tailed marsupial rat, kawiri, Kayer rat, and Byrne's crest-tailed marsupial rat.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ McKnight, M.; Canty, P.; Brandle, R.; Robinson, A.; Watson, M. (2019). "Dasyuroides byrnei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6265A21944128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T6265A21944128.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.