Tasmanian devil
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TASMANIAN DEVIL
SARCOPHILUS HARRISIISARCOPHILUS HARRISII IS THE TASMANIAN DEVILS SCIENTIFIC NAME , AND
A BABY TASMAIN DEVIL IS A JOEY.
SCIANTIFIC CLASSAFICTION
• KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
• PHYLUM: CHORDATA
• CLASS: MARSUPIALIA
• INFRACLASS: MARSUPIALIA
• ORDER: DASYURIDE
• FAMILY : DASYURIDAE
• GENUS: SARCOPHILUS
• CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PARK HTTP://WWW.REPTILEPARK.COM.AU/ANIMALPROFILE.ASP?ID=154 2010 WIKIPEDIA, MCDONALD-MADDEN. HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/TASMANIAN_DEVIL 2008
BEHAVIOR TASMAIN DEVILS ARE NOCHTURNAL AND SPEND
THEIR NIGHTS SEARCHING FOR FOOD (UP TO 16 KM FROM HOME RANGE).WHEN THE DAY BEGINS THEY
GO BACK TO THEIR HOME RANGE AND HIDE IN THEIR DEN (HOLLOW LOG) OR DENSE BUSH LAND. TASMAIN
DEVILS ARE KNOWN TO AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE OF THAIR THRETNING GAPE AND WHAT LOUD AND DEVILISH NOISED THEY MAKE.MOST OF THESE
NOISES ARE MADE THREUW FEEDING RITUALS AND FEAR.
ELLA MINTION HTTP://AUSTRALIANMUSEUM.NET.AU/TASMANIAN-DEVIL 2013
BABY-MATING TASMANIAN DEVILS USUALLY MATURE THEMSELVES
AROUND THEIR SECOND YEAR OF LIFE AND USUALLY MATE’ AROUND MARCH. AFTER 21 DAYS THE
PREGNANT FEMALES GIVE BIRTH TO 20-30 JOEYS BUT IT IS A RACE FOR SURVIVAL DUE TO THERE BEING
ONLY 4 TEATS, AND MOST DIE.THE YOUNG JOEYS ARE CARRIED AROUND IN THEIR MOTHERS RIER POUCH
FOR 4 MOUNTS THEN OFTEN LEFT IN HOLLOW LOGS.YOUNG TASMANNIAN DEVILS OFTEN CLIMB
TREES AND BITING.
AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PARK HTTP://WWW.REPTILEPARK.COM.AU/ANIMALPROFILE.ASP?ID=154 2010
APPEARANCETHE TASMANIAN DEVIL IS THE BIGGEST
CARNIVOROUS MARSUPIAL IN THE WORLD AFTER THE EXTINCTION OF THE THYLACINE IN 1936. THE TASMANIAN DEVIL IS THE SIZE OF A SMALL DOG WITH A STOCKY MUSCULAR BUILD, A VERY LOUD AND DISTURBING SCREECH, A KEEN SENSE OF
SMALL, A VERY STRONG BITE AND A WHITE BAND JUST UNDER THEIR NECK.AND HAVE A AVERAGE LENGH OF ABOUT 650MM .AN AVERAGE MALE
WEIGHT IS ABOUT 8KG A 6KG FOR FEMALES .THE DEVILS ARE HAVE A EXPECTANCY OF 6 YEARS
LIFESPAN .AND HAVE FUR AND CLAWS
WIKIPEDIA, MCDONALD-MADDEN. HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/TASMANIAN_DEVIL 2008BUZZLE,GAYNOR BORADE, HTTP://WWW.BUZZLE.COM/ARTICLES/TASMANIAN/ HABITAT_AND_LIFESTYLE.HTML
LOCOMOTIONTHE TASMANIAN DEVIL WALKS, RUNS, JUMPS JUST
LIKE A CAT OR DOG. THE DEVILS FRONT LEGS ARE SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN ITS BACK LEGS ALLOWING IT TO RUN UP TO 12KM PER AN HOUR TO CATCH
DINNER, AVOID BEING DINNER OR FOR JUST PLAYING.
HTTP://WIKI.ANSERS .COM/Q/HOW_DOES_THE_TASMANIAN_DEVIL_MOVE
DIETTHE TASMANIAN DEVIL IS A DEVIL SCAVENGER AND MOSTLY EAT THE CARCASSES THAN HUNTING THEIR
OWN PRAY. THE DEVILS HAVE POWERFUL JAWS WITCH THEY USE TO EAT ENTIRE CARCASSES (THE FUR,BOANS AND MEAT) WITHOUT HAVING A SCRAP OF FOOD LEFT TO POLLUTE THE INVORIMENT.THEY
CAN HUNT DOWN SMALLER PREY LIKE RODENTS,LIZARDS,SNAKES AND FROGS. THEIR
FOOD HABIT DEEPENS ON THE AVAILABILITY ON THE AREA THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN.
HTTP://WWW.AUSTRALIANANAIMALLEARNINGZONE.COM/TASMANIAN-DEVIL.HTM 2011
HABITAT AND RANGE THE TASMANIAN DEVIL IS MAINLY FOUND IN PLACES WHERE IT DOES NOT RAIN MUCH FROM THE COASTS
TO THE MOUNTAINS. THEY PREFER THE COASTAL WOODLANDS AND DRY SCLEROPHYLL FORESTS. THE
DEVILS STICK TO THESE AREAS OF TASMANIA.
LIFE CYCLE
HTTP://WWW.TASSIEDEVIL.COM.AU/TASDEVIL.NSF/FILE/DD87BEF28EFEF6C3CA2576D20004BB2C/$FILE/STDP_LIFE%20CYCLE%20POSTER_A3.PDF
NATURAL ENEMIES BECAUSE OF THE TASMANIAN DEVIL
BEING SO STRONG AND DEFENSIVE IT ONLY HAS 1 ENEMY WITCH IS THE FOX BUT THE DEVIL BIGGEST DANGER IS
ROAD KILL.
HTTP://WWW.TASSIEDEVIL.COM.AU/TASDEVIL.NSF/FILE/DD87BEF28EFEF6C3CA2576D20004BB2C/$FILE/STDP_LIFE%20CYCLE%20POSTER_A3.PDF