Yes. Tasmanian devils are being kept in captive breeding programmes in an attempt to help preserve the species.
"Taz" was named after the Tasmanian Devil of Australia .
The Tasmanian Devil is found in the wild only on Australia's island state of Tasmania. There are some populations in captive breeding programmes on the mainland, particularly through Victoria and South Australia.
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the thorny devil is a lizard and the tasmanian devil is sort of a dog. also the tasmanian devil lives in tasmania and the thorny devil lives in south australia
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The indigenous people in Australia knew of the Tasmanian devil for thousands of years. The first European to describe and name the Tasmanian devil was naturalist George Harris in 1807.
The Tasmanian devil was not "invented". It is a real, living, wild carnivorous marsupial, native to Australia.
The Tasmanian devil was not introduced into Australia. It is native to the country, and was on both Tasmania and the mainland long before Europeans ever arrived.
A Tasmanian is not an animal. A Tasmanian is a resident of Tasmania, Australia's island state.
The Tasmanian devil is found only on the continent of Australia.
The Tasmanian Devil was not "brought to" Australia. It was in Australia long before people, both European and indigenous.It gained its name Tasmanian devil because, although it was found all over the mainland prior to the arrival of the dingo, it is now only found in Tasmania.