Tasmanian+Devil-Jordan

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Movement:The tasmanian Devil uses there small fett to move at a quick speed. Some can get up to a outstanding 35mph.

Metabolism: Tasmanian Devils eat by finding dead animals that usally(not always) get hit by cars. They usally eat snakes, Birds, rodents, lizards,and small wallabies,and lambs. They perfer to eat something smaler than them selves.

Growth and Development: It takes Tasmanian devils about 2 years to mature into a adult. The average length that they usally grow is any where from 9 to 12 inches in length. the uaslaay weight of them is around 30 lbs.

Response to stimul: The most noticable adaptation of the Tasmanian Devil is its excellent senses. It will use its great sense of smell to locate carrion(dead animals) during the day. especiallyat night. The Devilis nocturnal and an animal that perfers dense bushland shelter. Its black coat with white stripe provides excellent camofloge in both night and the dense bushland and undergrowth. It has a frightening devil-like scream, enough to scare away courious preditors, even though this noise is usually emitted during territorial fights, rather than as a defense.

Reproduction: Tasmanian Devils can have 50 babies at one time. They are all 3 inches long! The babies are called Joeys. The mother is pregnant with the Joeys for around 21 days.

Classification info: -Kingdom-Animalia -Phylum-Churdata -Class-Mammalia -Order-Dasyuromphia -Family-Dasyuridae -Genus-Sarcophilus -Species-Sacrophilus Harrisii

Differences Male/Female: The make is much heavier than the female. The male wieght is 8kg and the female wieght is 6kg. Sometimes the shape of the tail is more pointer on the female.

Tasmanian Devil: Tasmanians are only found off the coast off of Australia called Tasmania. They are black and have white white around there collar. There is one type and around 50,000 live in Tasmania.

General charastics of the family of animals. 1.Smaller types of animals 2.Usally do not hurt animals 3.Most are the size of a mouse(some of bigger). 4.They have a relatively simple digestive system.

Four examples from this family. 1.long-tailed planigale 2.Mulgara 3.Southern dibbler 4.Fat-tailed dunnart

Two pictures of the family:

Muglara