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