Friday, January 19, 2018

TASMANIAN DEVIL

Photographed at Mountain Valley Wilderness, Loonguna, Tasmania, January 2018
96                  TASMANIAN DEVIL                 Sarcophilis harrisi

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                  96

Largest living marsupial carnivores. Widespread across Tasmania but becoming rare as population devastated by facial tumour disease. Found in most habitats, including outer urban; most common in dry sclerophyll forest and coastal woodlands with patches of open grassland. Nocturnal and crepuscular; scavenger and predator.





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  1. saturday boyJanuary 21, 2018 at 3:50 AM

    they are fierce and amazing creatures - the final photo is devastating

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