The Tasmanian devil belongs to the class of animals known as mammals, or mammalia.
Its infraclass is marsupialia.
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A baby Tasmanian devil is called a joey. Tasmanian devils are marsupials, and "joey" is the name given to the young of all marsupials.
Tasmanian devils were not "invented".The first people to have seen the Tasmanian devil would have been the Tasmanian Aboriginal people. The Tasmanian aboriginal word for the Tasmanian devil is purinina.If the question refers to how the animal gained its name, it was because of its tendency to emit blood-curdling screams during the night when fighting over food or territory. This name was assigned by Europeans.
Male Tasmanian devils do not have any particular name.
The Tasmanian Devil's real name is just Tasmanian Devil. Its scientific name is Sarcophilusharrisii.It is possible that this question refers to the real name of the Tasmanian devil's extinct relative, the Tasmanian tiger, which is Thylacine.
The correct name for a baby Tasmanian devil is "joey". Tasmanian devils are marsupials, and all marsupial young are called joeys.
Tasmanian devils do not live in groups, but are solitary animals. Where numerous individuals live within reasonable range of each other, it is known as a colony.
Tasmanian devils are found only in Tasmania, the island state of Australia. Prior to European settlement, they were found on the mainland of Australia as well.
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A group of Tasmanian devils is commonly referred to as a "clash." This term reflects their often aggressive and competitive nature, especially when feeding. Tasmanian devils are social animals, and their interactions can be quite dynamic within a group setting.
In the mid-1990s, a new disease appeared, which not only started to affect the Tasmanian devil's numbers, but has continued to spread throughout two-thirds of the Tasmanian Devil population. This was, and is, DFTD. DFTD means the Tasmanian Devil facial tumour disease. DFTD is a fatal condition which causes cancers around the face and head of Tasmanian Devils. It first appears as small lesions and lumps around the animal's mouth which grow quite quickly, inhibiting the Devil's ability to feed. They slowly starve to death, whilst their their bodily functions gradually break down. It spreads from animal to animal through them biting each other, and given that this is natural behaviour for Devils, it means that the disease can quickly spread through a population
The Tasmanian devil, the largest living marsupial carnivore, earned its common name because of its blood-curdling nocturnal screams.