Mdierekezi wa ku Tasmanian
Mdierekezi wa ku Tasmania kapena Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) ndi marsupial wokonda kudya banja la Dasyuridae. Mpaka posachedwa, amangopezeka pachilumba cha Tasmania, koma adabwezeretsedwanso ku New South Wales kumtunda kwa Australia, komwe kuli ndi ochepa oweta. Kukula kwa galu wamng'ono, satana waku Tasmania adakhala marsupial wamkulu kwambiri padziko lapansi, kutsatira kutha kwa thylacine mu 1936. Amakhudzana ndi ma quolls, komanso kutalika kwambiri ndi thylacine. Amadziwika ndi mamangidwe ake olimba komanso aminyewa, ubweya wakuda, fungo lonunkhira, phokoso lokwera kwambiri komanso losokoneza, kununkhiza, komanso kuwopsa mukamadyetsa. Mutu ndi khosi lalikulu la mdierekezi wa Tasmanian zimaloleza kuti zibalitse pakati pa zowawa zamphamvu kwambiri pagulu limodzi la nyama zomwe zilipo. Imasaka nyama zomwe zimadya.

Ngakhale ziwanda nthawi zambiri zimakhala zokhazokha, nthawi zina zimadya ndikudziyimbira limodzi pagulu. Mosiyana ndi ma dasyurid ena ambiri, mdierekezi amawotcha bwino ndipo amakhala akugwira ntchito masana osatentha kwambiri. Ngakhale kuti imawoneka bwino, imatha kuthamanga mwachangu komanso kupirira ndipo imatha kukwera mitengo ndikusambira mitsinje. Ziwanda sizikhala ndi mkazi mmodzi. Amuna amamenyera akazi ndipo amateteza anzawo kuti apewe kusakhulupirika kwa akazi. Amayi amatha kutulutsa katatu m'milungu yochulukirapo nthawi yakumasirana, ndipo 80% ya akazi azaka ziwiri amawoneka kuti ali ndi pakati m'nyengo yokomerako pachaka.

Zolemba  zakunja

Maulalo akunja 

 Parks and Wildlife Tasmania – Tasmanian Devil – vocalisation, movie, FAQ
 Save the Tasmanian Devil – Tasmanian government conservation program
 View the Tasmanian devil genome in Ensembl
 
 The Aussie Devil Ark Conservation Project

Marsupials aku Australia