A heavily built marsupial with a large head, powerful jaws, and mainly black fur, found only in Tasmania. It is slow-moving and aggressive, feeding mainly on carrion.
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Sarcophilus harrisii, family Dasyuridae
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This group includes all of the pouched animals, such as opossums, kangaroos, and Tasmanian devils.
For instance, today's red kangaroos and Tasmanian devils are much smaller than their fossil counterparts.
The threatened animals include birds such as the ground parrot and eastern quoll and marsupials such as the Eastern barred bandicoot and Tasmanian devil.
The researchers found that, pound for pound, the Tasmanian devil is the most powerful biter alive today.
The only substantial mammalian predator on Kangaroo Island, the Tasmanian devil, is known only from the fossil record.
Definition of Tasmanian devil in US English:
Tasmanian devil
nountazˌmānyən ˈdevəltæzˌmeɪnjən ˈdɛvəl
A heavily built marsupial with a large head, powerful jaws, and mainly black fur, found only in Tasmania. It is slow-moving and aggressive, feeding mainly on carrion.
袋獾
Sarcophilus harrisii, family Dasyuridae
Example sentencesExamples
The only substantial mammalian predator on Kangaroo Island, the Tasmanian devil, is known only from the fossil record.
The researchers found that, pound for pound, the Tasmanian devil is the most powerful biter alive today.
This group includes all of the pouched animals, such as opossums, kangaroos, and Tasmanian devils.
The threatened animals include birds such as the ground parrot and eastern quoll and marsupials such as the Eastern barred bandicoot and Tasmanian devil.
For instance, today's red kangaroos and Tasmanian devils are much smaller than their fossil counterparts.