Tasmanian Devil

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Tasmanian Devil
Tasmanian Devil.
Tasmanian Devil.
Conservation status

Vulnerable (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Subfamily: Dasyurinae
Genus: Sarcophilus
Species: S. harrisii
Binomial name
Sarcophilus harrisii
(Boitard, 1841)

A Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a meat eating mammal. They live in Tasmania, a state of Australia. It is the largest carnivourus marsupial in the world. They sleep during the day and are awake during the night.

Look up Sarcophilus in Wikispecies, a directory of species
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