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Tasmanian Devils
Once inhabiting nearly the whole of mainland Australia, the Tasmanian Devils are now found only in Tasmania - the island state of Australia. Tasmanian Devils are marsupials and nocturnal animals, which prefer to live alone rather in groups. The habitat of these nocturnal animals includes forests, countryside and shrubs swamps of towns. The deafening growl and screech that Tasmanian Devils make while having a communal feeding of carcasses has earned them the name ‘Devils.’
Dugong
Dugongs, sometimes referred to as ‘sea cows’, are marine mammals. They belong to the Family Dugongidae. These large grey aquatic mammals have rounded heads, small eyes and a large snout. Dugongs usually appear in herds or groups. Their principal food is seagrass and they are mainly herbivore and their position in the food chain is much like any big grazing mammal, hence they are also called ‘cultivation grazers’. They mainly live on vegetable matter and in case of scarcity of seagrass, they eat algae.
Tasmanian Tigers
The Tasmanian Tigers better known as the Thylacines have been declared extinct since 1936 but even today people believe that there are few left in the prehistoric forests of Tasmania. The last Tasmanian Tiger - Benjamin was seen in the captivity of the Hobart Zoo where it died of ignorance and unawareness in 1936 and since then, there had been no proven trace of this creature. These animals looked like Hyenas and had stripes on their backs, which gave it the name Tiger. They were mainly found in the Australian mainland, Tasmania and New Guinea. They were excellent predators feeding on wallabies, birds and other mammals and mainly preferred fresh killed meat.
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