The Tasmanian devil is a marsupial so, like most (not all) marsupials, it has a pouch to protect its joeys while they are developing. Tasmanian devils can actually give birth to up to 20 joeys at a time, but having only four teats, this means most of the young die.
The Tasmanian Devil is a mammal, therefore it has four legs
The Tasmanian Devil takes their babies out and teaches them to hunt. The babies can catch their own food after just a couple of weeks.
The correct name for a baby Tasmanian devil is "joey". Tasmanian devils are marsupials, and all marsupial young are called joeys.
The Tasmanian devil makes its home in dense undergrowth and bushland. It sometimes occupies abandoned wombat burrows or hollow logs.
The Tasmanian devil makes its home in dense undergrowth and bushland. It sometimes occupies abandoned wombat burrows or hollow logs.
The main danger to Tasmanian devil joeys comes from introduced foxes and domestic dogs. Birds of prey such as falcons and goshawks may also take young devils.
Tasmanian devil is the correct spelling.
Tasmanian devils do not eat other live Tasmanian devils. They will, however, readily feed on the carcass of another Tasmanian devil that has died.
Absolutely not. As with any marsupial mammal, Tasmanian devil joeys are born from the birth canal. They are not born from the mouth or the pouch or anywhere else.
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 belongs to the class Mammalia.
The Tasmanian devil has a conservation status of Endangered.