What is Tasmanian devil?
{{Taxobox | name = Tasmanian devil | status = EN | status_system = iucn3.1 | trend = decreasing | status_ref =<ref name=iucntd>{{IUCN2008|assessors=Hawkins C.E. | display-authors = etal |year=2008|id=40540|title=Sarcophilus harrisii|downloaded=9 July 2011}} Listed as Endangered (EN A2be+3e v3.1)</ref>| image =Tasdevil_large.jpg | image_width = 230px | image_caption = Tasmanian devil | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | ordo = [[Dasyuromorphia]] | familia = [[Dasyuridae]] | genus = ''[[Sarcophilus]]'' | binomial = ''Sarcophilus harrisii''}} The '''Tasmanian devil''' '''(''Sarcophilus harrisii'')''' is a [[carnivore|meat eating]] [[mammal]]. It is a [[marsupial]], which means it has a small pouch to carry its babies. It is the largest meat eating marsupial in the world.<ref name=pws>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=387 |title=Parks & Wildlife Service - |work=parks.tas.gov.au |access-date=21 September 2010 |archive-date=6 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206221530/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=387 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is [[nocturnal]], which means it sleeps during the day and is awake during the night. Tasmanian devils now live only in [[Tasmania]], an [[island]] state of [[Australia]]. The devil is the same size as a small dog with a wide head and a short tail. Male devils can weigh 12 [[kilogram|kg]] and be 30 [[centimetre|cm]] tall. It has black fur and makes a loud and very scary screeching noise. It will hunt other animals and also feed on dead animals. The devil has strong teeth and jaws and will eat all its prey, even bones and fur.<ref name=pws/> The Tasmanian devil became extinct on the Australian [[mainland]] about 3,000 years ago - before [[Europe]]an settlement in 1788.<ref name=pws/> They were hunted in Tasmania. In the 1930s the Van Dieman's Land Company offered 25 cents for each male and 35 cents for each female killed.<ref name=pws/> In 1941 they became officially protected.