das·y·u·rid 
(dăsē-yə-rĭd)
(dăsē-yə-rĭd)n.
Any of various carnivorous marsupials of the family Dasyuridae of Australia and New Guinea, including marsupial mice and rats, the quolls, and the Tasmanian devil.
[From New Latin Dasyūridae, family name, from Dasyūrus, type genus : Greek dasus, hairy + ourā, tail; see ors- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]