Answer: dasyures

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dasyuresany of several nocturnal, carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus and related genera, of Australia, Tasmania, and nearby islands, typically having a reddish or olive-brown coat marked with white spots
dasyuresDASYURE, a flesh-eating mammal
dasyuresany of several related animals, as the Tasmanian devil