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This animal is named after the Australian island where it is found?
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The Tasmanian Devil takes its name from Tasmania, the Australian island state where it lives in the wild.
The Tasmanian tiger, more correctly known as the thylacine! also takes its name from Tasmania, the only state where it has ever been seen since Europeans arrived.
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