The number of babies a female Tasmanian devil carries in her uterus is different from the number of joeys she carries in her pouch.
A female Tasmanian devil actually may have several dozen tiny embryos in one birth - anywhere between 20 and 40 - but only four at most can latch onto a teat in the mother's pouch. The rest die. The breeding season is March to April, so Tasmanian devils breed just once a year.
The average number of Tasmanian Devil joeys that a mother may be rearing in any given breeding season is 2-3.
The Tasmanian Devil is a mammal, therefore it has four legs
Being a mammal, and a marsupial, a Tasmanian Devil has four feet.
Being a mammal, the Tasmanian devil has a four-chambered heart.
A female Tasmanian devil actually may have several dozen tiny embryos in one birth - anywhere between 20 and 40 - but only four at most can latch onto a teat in the mother's pouch. The rest are lost.The average number of Tasmanian Devil joeys that a mother may be rearing at any one time is 2-3.
The Tasmanian devil has five toes on each of its front paws and four toes on each of its back feet.
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There is just one species of Tasmanian Devil: Sarcophilus Harissii.
There are no current figures for Tasmanian devil numbers. The most recent figures are from 2009, the year that the Tasmanian devil was listed as an "endangered" species. Figures from late 2009 indicate that, in recent decades, the Tasmanian Devil's population has dropped by 70% to an estimated 45,000 - 50,000 Tasmanian Devils in the wild.
At most, a female Tasmanian devil can carry only four joeys, as there are only four teats in the mother's pouch.A female Tasmanian devil actually may have several dozen tiny embryos in one birth - anywhere between 20 and 40 - so apart from the ones which do make it to the pouch, the rest are lost.The average number of Tasmanian Devil joeys that a mother may be rearing at any one time is 2-3.
On average, Tasmanian devils in the wild live for 6 years.
Tasmanian devils, like many mammals (but unlike many species of marsupials) have four legs upon which they walk.