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    Tasmanian Devil: (Sarchophius Harrisii)

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    The Tasmanian devil is a small carnivorous marsupial found only in Tasmania. It eats dead animals and plays an important role as a scavenger and top predator in the Tasmanian ecosystem. The Tasmanian devil was once widespread in Australia but became extinct on the mainland around 400 years ago, likely due to competition from dingoes. It is now only found in Tasmania and considered an iconic Tasmanian species. However, the population is declining and Tasmanian devils are currently listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List.

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    The Tasmanian devil is a small carnivorous marsupial found only in Tasmania. It eats dead animals and plays an important role as a scavenger and top predator in the Tasmanian ecosystem. The Tasmanian devil was once widespread in Australia but became extinct on the mainland around 400 years ago, likely due to competition from dingoes. It is now only found in Tasmania and considered an iconic Tasmanian species. However, the population is declining and Tasmanian devils are currently listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List.

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    The Tasmanian devil is a small carnivorous marsupial found only in Tasmania. It eats dead animals and plays an important role as a scavenger and top predator in the Tasmanian ecosystem. The Tasmanian devil was once widespread in Australia but became extinct on the mainland around 400 years ago, likely due to competition from dingoes. It is now only found in Tasmania and considered an iconic Tasmanian species. However, the population is declining and Tasmanian devils are currently listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List.

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    Tasmanian Devil: (Sarchophius Harrisii)

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    The Tasmanian devil is a small carnivorous marsupial found only in Tasmania. It eats dead animals and plays an important role as a scavenger and top predator in the Tasmanian ecosystem. The Tasmanian devil was once widespread in Australia but became extinct on the mainland around 400 years ago, likely due to competition from dingoes. It is now only found in Tasmania and considered an iconic Tasmanian species. However, the population is declining and Tasmanian devils are currently listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List.

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    Tasmanian

    devil
    (Sarchophius harrisii)
    TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION

    KINGDOM: Animalia
    PHYLUM: Chordata
    CLASS: Mamalia
    INFRA CLASS: Marsupialia
    ORDER: Dasyuromurphia
    FAMILY: Dasyuridae
    GENUS: Sarcophilus
    SPECIES: Sarcophilus harrisii
    WHAT IS TASMANIAN DEVIL?

    • Tasmanian devils are small marsupials with rat


    like features, sharp teeth and coarse black or
    brown fur.
    • The Tasmanian devils is just 20 to 31 inches (51
    to 67centimeters) tall and weighs only 9 to 26
    lbs. (4 to 12 kilograms).
    • The Tasmanian devil is also nocturnal; it sleeps
    during the day and is awake at night.
    • Tasmanian devils have been described as the
    vacuum cleaners of the forest, as they mainly eat
    animals that have already dead.
    ECOLOGY
    • The Tasmanian devil lives in Tasmania, an island
    separate from the mainland Australia by 240km. The
    biome of Tasmania is a temperate rainforest. The
    temperate rainforest includes hot summers, cold winters,
    rainfall could be heavier in some areas, but in Tasmania
    its moderate and actually seasonal droughts occur.
    • Tasmanian devil is a tertiary consumer , because they eat
    dead carcases, which includes rats, vultures, foxes,
    anything that’s dead and was a carnivore in their former
    life.
    DISTRIBUTION
    Tasmanian devil were once widespread throughout
    Australia, however became instinct on the mainland
    around 400 years ago, most likely to the
    competition of the dingo. But now Tasmanian devils
    are only found in Tasmania and as result Tasmanian
    devils are become huge Tasmanian icon.
    ABUDANCE

    Tasmanian devils were once abundant on mainland


    Australia as evidenced by fossils remains. It is
    thought that they extinct from the mainland about
    400 years ago. They are widespread and common in
    Tasmania but are not found on Bass Strait Island,
    although sub fossils have been found on Flinders
    Island.
    ECONOMICAL IMPORTANCE

    Tasmanian are the important predators in native,


    Tasmanian ecosystem after the Tasmanian wolf they
    are the largest native, mammalian predator in
    Tasmania.
    Tasmanian devils are important as top predators in
    native, Tasmanian habitats . As scavengers they are
    important in removing carcases.
    HABITAT
    • Their habitat includes eucalyptus forest,
    woodlands, coastal scrubland, and agricultural
    areas.
    • During the day, Tasmanian devils find shelter
    under stones, in caves, bushes, old wombat
    burrows or hallow logs.
    REPRODUCTION
    Mothers give birth after about three weeks of
    pregnancy to 20 or 30 very tiny young. These
    raisin-size babies crawl up the mother’s fur and into
    her pouch. However, the mother has only four
    nipples, so only handful of babies survive. Infant
    emerge after about four months and are generally
    weaned by the sixth month and on their own by the
    eighth.
    CONSERVATION STATUS
    According to the International Union for
    Conservation status of Nature’s Red List of
    Threatened Species, Tasmanian devils are
    endangered, and the population numbers are
    declining. In 2007, the IUCN estimated that the
    population may have been around 25,000 adults.
    Thank you 

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