Where did Tasmanian devils come from?

Answer 1

The Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial mammal that is native to Tasmania. It was once widespread on the Australian mainland, but the arrival of the Dingo and possibly climate change at the end of the last ice age, may have contributed to its extinction on the mainland. Their habitat is eucalypt forest, woodlands, heath and farmland. They are terrestrial and mostly nocturnal and eat insects, mammals up to the size of a wombat, and carrion.

Answer 2

There is a misconception that the Tasmanian devil's ancestor was the Thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger. This is not the case, as the two species co-existed, and they were only related by both being dasyurids (carnivorous marsupials). One was not the ancestor of the other.

The only ancestors of the modern Tasmanian devil were species that existed on the mainland previously, Sarcophilus laniarius dawsoni, which was smaller than the modern Tasmanian devil, and Sarcophilus laniarius, which was considerably larger than the modern Tasmanian devil.

Answer 3

Nothing - God created the Tasmanian Devil. He meant for the Tasmanian Devil to always stay a Tasmanian Devil: not to evolve into something different or to evolve from something different. Genesis 1:25 - God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.