Tasmanian Devils Sarcophilus Harrisii

By Kaitlyn MoffatGrade 6 Fessenden School

Scientific Classification•Kingdom- Animalia•Phylum- Chordata•Class- Mammalia• Infraclass- Marsupialia•Order- Dasyuromorphia•Family- Dasyurinde•Subfamily- Dasyurinde•Tribe- Dasyurini•Genus- Sarcophilus•Species- S. Harrisii

Appearance

• black and white• small as a terrier dog•solid “snout”• weighs 6-8 kg• tail is 9-12 in long• large powerful jaws

Habitat• lives in Tasmania• they like to live in rainforests• forests• logs• old wombat burrows• caves

Life Cycle

• babies are called “ joeys”• reproduce just one year at a time•mate in March• give birth in April• the birth can be extended over seven

months

Diet• they are carnivores• what ever is available• wallabies• small mammals• birds• reptiles• amphibians• insects• sea squirts• sheep• cattle

Predators

• humans•use to be the Tasmanian tigers but they

are extinct

How they help the environment

• they eat little mammals• in Tasmania they have lots little mammals• so they eat them and now there aren’t as

much mammals any more

How humans harm Tasmanian Devils

• humans move to Tasmania• the habitats are shrinking• humans cause danger to Tasmanian

Devils by running them over with cars

What can be done

• stop taking away their homes• stop moving to the rainforests and forests

in Tasmania

Other interesting facts• devils are 30cm tall• grow about 50 cm long • can walk 16km with out stopping •more then 50 devils die each year because

of cars• they can only see black and white• Tasmanian devils are nocturnal

References

Websites:• Wikipedia.com• Answer.com• Google.comBooks:• Animal by David Burniet and Don E.

Wilson

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