1. Brandon Kratka Per. 6

2. Link Slide
 Scientific Name
 Habitat
 Range: off the coast of southern Australia
 Diet
 Physical Description Size, Weight, Length
 Breeding Info
 Special Behaviors or Unique Anatomical features
 Weird Info
 Video
 Conclusion

3. Scientific Name
 Scientific Name: Sarcophilus harrisii
 The sense of smell is exceptionally acute enabling
the animals to locate dead food items from many
kilometres away.

4. Habitat
 The Tasmanian devil prefers wet sclerophyll forest
or woodland. It usually lives in a log, cave or the
disused burrow of another animal, emerging at
night to scavenge and forage.

5. Range: off the coast of
southern Australia

6. Diet
 Despite its formidable reputation, most of the diet
comprises carrion.
 Adult devils will tackle anything as large as a small
wallaby but they are by no means an agile or
speedy hunter.

7. Physical Description
Size, Weight, Length
 The male Tasmanian devil will attain a total length
of around 90cm including the tail and weigh over
8kg. A distinctive black, or very dark brown, with a
white band across the chest.
 Females rarely exceed 80cm in length and 6kg in
weight. The head is dog-like and the ears are large
and pinkish-red in colour.

8. Breeding Info
 Tasmanian devils are sexually mature at the age
of two years.
 Their mating period is within the months of March
and April.
 The mother gives birth to two to four young, which
attach to the teats in her pouch.

9. Special Behaviors or Unique
Anatomical features
 The Tasmanian devil is solitary but not territorial,
with a home range of up to 20 square kilometres in
size that may overlap with the ranges of several
others.
 Several adults may congregate
at a carcass and feed together,
although much squabbling and
growling usually takes place.

10. Weird Info
 The Tasmanian Devil is also called the Native
Devil.
 They have bad eye sight and walk rather clumsily.
 They see in black and white.

11. Video
 Tasmanian Devil Video

12. Conclusion
The End