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TASMANIAN DEVIL

TASMANIAN DEVIL. by :Sergio Arias. FEEDING HABITS. Although the devil favors wombats, it will eat all small native mammals, domestic mammals (including sheep), birds, fish, insects, frogs and reptiles. Their diet is largely varied and depends on the food available.

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TASMANIAN DEVIL

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  1. TASMANIAN DEVIL by :Sergio Arias

  2. FEEDING HABITS • Although the devil favors wombats, it will eat all small native mammals, domestic mammals (including sheep), birds, fish, insects, frogs and reptiles. • Their diet is largely varied and depends on the food available. • On average, they eat about 15% of their body weight each day; however, they can eat up to 40% of their body weight in 30 minutes if the opportunity arises.

  3. MATING • Females start to breed when they reach sexual maturity, typically in their second year. At this point, they become fertile once a year, producing multiple ova while in heat. • When the Tasmanian devil is aroused it’s ears turn a bright red color.

  4. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION • The Tasmanian Devil is the largest surviving carnivorous marsupial in Australia. It has a squat and thick build, with a large head and a tail which is about half its body length. I’M POOPING

  5. ADAPTATION • The devil stores body fat in its tail, so unhealthy devils often have thin tails. Unusual for a marsupial, its forelegs are slightly longer than its hind legs. Chunky tail

  6. HABITAT • Tasmanian Devils are widespread and fairly common throughout Tasmania. Found in all habitats on the island, including the outskirts of urban areas, they particularly like dry sclerophyll forests and coastal woodlands. • The Tasmanian Devil is a nocturnal and crepuscular hunter, spending the days in dense bush or in a hole.

  7. FOOD CHAIN

  8. CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE • The Thylacine became extinct on the Australian mainland thousands of years before European settlement of the continent, but survived on the island of Tasmania along with a number of other endemic species, including the Tasmanian Devil. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributory factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its habitat. Despite being officially classified as extinct, sightings are still reported. • Like the tigers and wolves of the Northern Hemisphere, from which it inherited two of its common names, the Thylacine was an apex predator. As a marsupial, it was not related to these placental mammals, but due to convergent evolution it displayed the same general form and adaptations. Its closest living relative is the Tasmanian Devil.

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