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Definition of Genus Sarcophilus
1. Noun. Tasmanian devil.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dasyuridae, Family Dasyuridae, Family Dasyurinae
Member holonyms: Sarcophilus Hariisi, Tasmanian Devil, Ursine Dasyure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sarcophilus
Literary usage of Genus Sarcophilus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"A similar distribution also obtains in the case of the genus Sarcophilus, now
represented only by the well-known Tasmanian devil. FIG. 4. BANDED ANTEATER. ..."
2. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"In their dental system the animals of this genus (Sarcophilus) approach the
American opossums ; they differ, however, in having only eight incisors in the ..."
3. Publication by Geological Survey of Queensland (1892)
"... vertebra in the British Museum (Natural History Branch). Loc. and Horizon.
Queensland (Colin. Brit. Mus.)—Fluviatile deposits. Genus—SARCOPHILUS, F. ..."
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