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Tasmanian Devil Official Scam Site

Greetings. Hate to see a feisty and endangered creature used for personal gain.

Check out the "Official Tasmanian Devil" website in External Links (http://www.TasmanianDevil.org/) and you will find a few dozen words stolen from the Wiki article, surrounded by a every Google ad the poor slob could cram in.

Had I edit privileges, I'd delete the poser. Please do so. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.145.164 (talk) 22:39, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Well spotted - done. Barrylb (talk) 10:14, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Original Research

Citation 28 and the accompanying sentance and picture claiming devils' ears turn bright red when aroused is attributed to "personal observation". As such I would like to see it marked as cn, but hte page is protected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.176.113 (talk) 20:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Images

This article has too many photographs that add little to the encyclopedic nature of the article, while also creating a cluttered page. I propose that the images be deleted and consolidated. I welcome suggestions for which to delete from regular editors of this article.Theinsomniac4life (talk) 06:42, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Dating extinction

Okay, I am getting a handle on the extinction now. The Oliver Brown 2006 paper looks fascinating and I am keen to get fulltext of it. The Johnson/Wroe paper goes with the mainland extinction date at 430 years and cites:

  • Dawson, L. 1982: Taxonomic status of fossil devils (Sarcophilus, Dasyuridae,

Marsupialia) from late Quaternary eastern Australian localities. In Archer, M., editor, Carnivorous marsupials, Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 517–25.

and

  • Archer, M. and Baynes, A. 1972: Prehistoric mammal faunas from two

small caves in the extreme south-west of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 55, 80–89.

to back this up. I need to get the fulltexts and see what can be found. I've read the fulltext of Johnson/Wroe. Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Devil/Tiger hybrid?

In regards to Tyndale-Biscoe, pp. 159–165., is this an attempt to give the devil something like hybrid vigour (by increasing its genetic diversity), or another attempt to clone the tiger? --Malkinann (talk) 22:00, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

I found it too techncial for me to explain. This is a pretty well-known book that is in all libraries I think YellowMonkey (new photo poll) 01:50, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Would it be accurate to change it to "As the devil is the thylacine's closest relative, there has been speculation that the two could be hybridised by combining DNA from museum samples of thylacines with devil ova." ? It's probably a function of just how technical the original book is, but I find the current wording confusing. --Malkinann (talk) 02:19, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Zoo SA copyvio?

When looking for a source for the coin, I found this - check the DYK sidebar - anything look familiar? :) --Malkinann (talk) 08:19, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Schorschi, 22 December 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Typo at the end of prologue: Change "It is seen as a important attractor..." to "It is seen as an important attractor..." Schorschi (talk)

Schorschi (talk) 22:07, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

thanks for spotting the error. fixed now. With a few more edits you can edit semi-protected articles too, so having an account is helpful. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:32, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Typo

I believe that the penultimate sentence in the section Relationship With Humans is incorrect as it reads, "However, the devil was still negatively, including in tourism material.[110]" Stephen R Long 21:42, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

I added "depicted". Thanks for letting us know. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:16, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 124.183.163.127, 10 March 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} Can someone undo Dick Shane's removal since the edit summary states Remove 'iconic' virus when 'iconic' was in fact part of The devil is an iconic symbol of Tasmania. Dick Shane's edit was clearly misleading and his wording with in the article is also wrong since the devil is in fact an icon (iconic) to Tasmania. 124.183.163.127 (talk) 22:12, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

124.183.163.127 (talk) 22:12, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I saw your edit request and asked Dick Shane about that on his talk page. Banaticus (talk) 08:27, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Dick Shane reverted the edit. If you'd like any further help, contact me on my user talk page. You might instead want to put a {{help me}} template up on your own user talk, or put the {{edit semi-protected}} template back up on this page and either way someone will be along to help you. :) Banaticus (talk) 15:38, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 193.62.202.241, 9 March 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} "Naturalist George Harris wrote the first published description of the Tasmanian devil in 1807, naming it Didelphis ursina, literally, "meatloving bear" due to its bearlike characteristics such as the round ear".

corrected version: "Naturalist George Harris wrote the first published description of the Tasmanian devil in 1807, naming it Didelphis ursina, literally, "two-wombed bear" due to its bearlike characteristics such as the round ear".


193.62.202.241 (talk) 21:31, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I'll double check sources tonight. Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:36, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
Do you have a reference for that, 193.62.202.241? Where did the better translation come from? Banaticus (talk) 15:39, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Removing template: per Banaticus, if you have a reliable source please post it here and re-add the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Thanks. -- gtdp (T)/(C) 13:02, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Habitat preference

In regard to:

Devils prefer open forest to tall forest, and dry rather than wet forests. A study at Cradle Mountain suggested that adult devils were three times likelier to be found in wet forests. However, for subadult devils, the percentage in dry forests dropped from 13.5 to 7.2, and the figure in wet forest increased from 38.9 to 42.4%.

I was concerned that there seemed to be a contradiction. The first part says that the prefer dry forests, the second that they prefer wet. However, the dry forests claim comes from the threatened species report [1], and is sourced to two works, while the second is sourced to Jones and Barmuta. I've removed the second claim, because while Jones and Burmuta is an excellent study, it seems to be related to 24 individuals, which feels like a small sample size for the use it is being put to here.

That said, if I'm reading this incorrectly feel free to revert. :) - Bilby (talk) 14:13, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Mistranslation

The article currently states that the Tasmanian devil was described in "in 1807 [and named] Didelphis ursina, literally, 'meatloving bear'". "Didelphis" does not mean "meat-loving"; it's "two uteruses" and is the genus of the Virginia opossum. It's hard to believe that this critter was confused for an opossum in 1807, so this sentence is probably wrong, possibly including that the devil was originally named "Didelphis". I'm reluctant to change something if I don't know the truth; does anybody know the real story? --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 20:03, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Good point. Will look into it. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:06, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Owen and Pemberton 2011

Owen and Pemberton have published another book about the Tasmanian Devil, due to be released in July. While the official site lists it as being a first edition, the title is the same as their 2005 book, which we have cited in the article. Might be worth chasing up. --Malkinann (talk) 23:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Inconsistency in taxonomy section

"In 1838 the devil was renamed Dasyurus laniarius by Richard Owen, before being moved to the genus Sarcophilus in 1841 and named Sarcophilus harrisii ("Harris's meat-lover") by French naturalist Pierre Boitard."

Richard Owen don't rename the species, he descript a new fossil species, as Dasyurus laniarius, and Owen (1877) recombinate to Sarcophilus laniarius. References: (1) OWEN, R. (1838) Report on fossils from Wellington Caves. In: MITCHELL, T.L. (ed.). Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales. Link; (2) OWEN, R. Researches on Fossil Remains of Extinct Mammals of Australia (1877-1878) and (3) STEPHENSON (1963) Palaeontology PDF page 618. Burmeister (talk) 18:49, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Request for hyperlink for one word in article

Torpor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.192.116.15 (talk) 16:09, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Content changes and clarification requests during copyedit

During the copyedit requested on the GOCE requests page, I have made the following changes of substance. I'd appreciate experts checking these over:

  • The lead section contained the sentence "Fossils of species similar to modern devils have been found, but it is not known whether they were the ancestors of the contemporary species, or whether the current devils were co-existing species that have now died out", which is confusing since the current species has not died out. I have changed it to "Fossils of species similar to modern devils have been found, but it is not known whether they were ancestors of the contemporary species, or whether they belonged to a co-existing species that has now died out", which I think is what the Taxonomy section is saying. Please correct it if the intention is different. --Stfg (talk) 17:50, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
This refers to two other, now-extinct species in Sarcophilus - Sarcophilus laniarius and Sarcophilus moornaensis. Probably also Sarcophilus prior, but I've not found references to this in the literature. It should have been "whether the current devils were co-existing with species". --Malkinann (talk) 23:25, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, that's clear. I've actually put "... whether the current devils co-existed with these species", which seems to fit best here. --Stfg (talk) 08:37, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
  • May 2009 is when the BBC reported their classification as Endangered, not when it was announced. IUCN did it in 2008. --Stfg (talk) 17:50, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for catching this. --Malkinann (talk) 23:25, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
  • In Tasmanian_devil#Ecology_and_behaviour, the sentence "A juvenile at Cradle Mountain is twice as likely to be seen in a tree" is ambiguous: twice as likely as an adult from Cradle Mountain of twice as likely as a juvenile from elsewhere? Please could someone with access to the reference (currently ref 56) check this? --Stfg (talk) 20:02, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
It seems to be a study on how Dasyurids find and exploit niches. A cursory read-through didn't find anything like what we've got in the article. --Malkinann (talk) 23:25, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll snip the sentence. The picture about juvenile climbing behaviour is quite clear in the rest of the paragraph. --Stfg (talk) 08:37, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
This was cited as being from the reference Jones, Menna E.; Barmuta, Leon A. (1988). "Diet overlap and relative abundance of sympatric dasyurid carnivores: a hypothesis of competition". Journal of Animal Ecology. 67: 410–421. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00203.x.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), for future reference. --Malkinann (talk) 22:22, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
  • I've tagged one paragraph in Tasmanian_devil#Reproduction as being too technical, because it contains many technical terms that cannot be found in Wikipedia or in Wiktionary. I suspect there are typos ("carpels" and "ulnarcarpals") too. If the level of detail in this paragraph is needed, please could an expert make it intelligible to the layperson? --Stfg (talk) 11:24, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Honestly, the whiskers article should cover more of 'where whiskers grow' than it does. Thanks. --Malkinann (talk) 22:22, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Historical mainland evidence, and offshore devils

I update the website mainlanddevils.com - two pages in particular may provide valuable information - the historical evidence page and the offshore devils page. Most, if not all information on these is referenced. The website may be a useful "external link", but I'll leave it to the Wikipedia experts to decide :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.154.38.158 (talk) 06:32, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

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Request for audio file of "screech"

I listened to a really charming spoken version of this article in what I take to be a Tasmanian accent. How about the famous "screech" or a link to a You Tube file of Tasmanian devils? There are some.Profhum (talk) 06:27, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Source for strongest bite

For the "citation needed" marker in the intro: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/ancient/AncientRepublish_1336220.htm 67.168.11.194 (talk) 05:59, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

tasmanian daevil is horrible its is awful — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.3.82 (talk) 21:47, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

File:Sarcophilus harrisii taranna.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Sarcophilus harrisii taranna.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on August 7, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-08-07. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 17:15, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial found in the wild only on the Australian island of Tasmania. It is characterised by its stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent odour, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and ferocity when feeding. Its large head and neck allow it to generate the strongest bite per unit body mass of any living mammal.Photo: JJ Harrison
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Some stuff to check out...Web of Science

I did a search through Web of Science and found the following articles to check. There are 95 of them: Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Title: Comparative physiology of Australian quolls (Dasyurus; Marsupialia) Author(s): Cooper CE, Withers PC Source: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY Volume: 180 Issue: 6 Pages: 857-868 Published: AUG 2010 Times Cited: 1

 Done - this is useful as it places basal metabolic rate of the larger marsupials with placentals. Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:37, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

2. Title: Nighttime driver detection distances for Tasmanian fauna: informing speed limits to reduce roadkill Author(s): Hobday AJ Source: WILDLIFE RESEARCH Volume: 37 Issue: 4 Pages: 265-272 Published: 2010 Times Cited: 0

In article, as it is a more minor topic, seems like it has been used enough? --Malkinann (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

3. Title: Active adaptive conservation of threatened species in the face of uncertainty Author(s): McDonald-Madden E, Probert WJM, Hauser CE, et al. Source: ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS Volume: 20 Issue: 5 Pages: 1476-1489 Published: JUL 2010 Times Cited: 0

4. Title: Pulmonary mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium intracellulare in a Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) Author(s): Michael SA, Sangster CR Source: AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL Volume: 88 Issue: 7 Pages: 280-282 Published: JUL 2010 Times Cited: 1

my gut feeling is this is a little too specialised/esoteric. Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

5. Title: MHC gene copy number variation in Tasmanian devils: implications for the spread of a contagious cancer Author(s): Siddle HV, Marzec J, Cheng YY, et al. Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Volume: 277 Issue: 1690 Pages: 2001-2006 Published: JUL 7 2010 Times Cited: 0

- Fulltext available, not used to its full potential here. --Malkinann (talk) 19:52, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

6. Title: Vitrification as a method for genome resource banking oocytes from the endangered Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) Author(s): Czarny NA, Rodger JC Source: CRYOBIOLOGY Volume: 60 Issue: 3 Pages: 322-325 Published: JUN 2010 Times Cited: 0

Abstract cited in DFTD. --Malkinann (talk) 06:02, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

7. Title: Evaluation of Selective Culling of Infected Individuals to Control Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease Author(s): Lachish S, McCallum H, Mann D, et al. Source: CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Volume: 24 Issue: 3 Pages: 841-851 Published: JUN 2010 Times Cited: 0

Abstract cited in DFTD. --Malkinann (talk) 06:02, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

8. Title: Estimates of maximum annual population growth rates (r(m)) of mammals and their application in wildlife management Author(s): Hone J, Duncan RP, Forsyth DM Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY Volume: 47 Issue: 3 Pages: 507-514 Published: JUN 2010 Times Cited: 0

 Not done Fulltext available, only mentions the TD in passing. Predicts that at the current mortality rate due to dftd, the devil will become extinct, no estimated date given. --Malkinann (talk) 19:52, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

9. Title: Inguinal panniculitis in a young Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) caused by Mycobacterium mageritense Author(s): Reppas G, Nosworthy P, Hansen T, et al. Source: AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL Volume: 88 Issue: 5 Pages: 197-200 Published: MAY 2010 Times Cited: 0

my gut feeling is this is a little too specialised/esoteric. Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

10. Title: Recent Australian tick rickettsioses discoveries and the threatened Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrissi) Author(s): Steel R Source: AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL Volume: 88 Issue: 3 Pages: 63-63 Published: MAR 2010 Times Cited: 0

11. Title: How to Build an Efficient Conservation Fence Author(s): Bode M, Wintle B Source: CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Pages: 182-188 Published: FEB 2010 Times Cited: 0

12. Title: The Tasmanian Devil Transcriptome Reveals Schwann Cell Origins of a Clonally Transmissible Cancer Author(s): Murchison EP, Tovar C, Hsu A, et al. Source: SCIENCE Volume: 327 Issue: 5961 Pages: 84-87 Published: JAN 1 2010 Times Cited: 2

my gut feeling is this is a little too specialised/esoteric. Better in daughter article Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Abstract cited in DFTD. --Malkinann (talk) 06:02, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

13. Title: Transmission dynamics of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease may lead to disease-induced extinction Author(s): McCallum H, Jones M, Hawkins C, et al. Source: ECOLOGY Volume: 90 Issue: 12 Pages: 3379-3392 Published: DEC 2009 Times Cited: 2

14. Title: Contact networks in a wild Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population: using social network analysis to reveal seasonal variability in social behaviour and its implications for transmission of devil facial tumour disease Author(s): Hamede RK, Bashford J, McCallum H, et al. Source: ECOLOGY LETTERS Volume: 12 Issue: 11 Pages: 1147-1157 Published: NOV 2009 Times Cited: 1

 Done - good paper. this is the study which gave rise to the Science Daily quote and also explains the solitary/network contradiction. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:30, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

15. Title: The humoral immune response of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) against horse red blood cells Author(s): Kreiss A, Wells B, Woods GM Source: VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY Volume: 130 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 135-137 Published: JUL 15 2009 Times Cited: 0

my gut feeling is this is a little too specialised/esoteric. Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

16. Title: Wildlife cancer: a conservation perspective Author(s): McAloose D, Newton AL Source: NATURE REVIEWS CANCER Volume: 9 Issue: 7 Pages: 517-526 Published: JUL 2009 Times Cited: 5

17. Title: Detection of a Hepatozoon and spotted fever group Rickettsia species in the common marsupial tick (Ixodes tasmani) collected from wild Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii), Tasmania Author(s): Vilcins IME, Old JM, Deane E Source: VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY Volume: 162 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 23-31 Published: MAY 26 2009 Times Cited: 2

18. Title: Longitudinal monitoring of plasma and fecal androgens in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) Author(s): Hesterman H, Jones SM Source: ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE Volume: 112 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 334-346 Published: JUN 2009 Times Cited: 0

my gut feeling is this is a little too specialised/esoteric. Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

19. Title: A Histological and Immunohistochemical Analysis of Lymphoid Tissues of the Tasmanian Devil Author(s): Kreiss A, Obendorf DL, Hemsley S, et al. Source: ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY Volume: 292 Issue: 5 Pages: 611-620 Published: MAY 2009 Times Cited: 0

20. Title: Demography, disease and the devil: life-history changes in a disease-affected population of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) Author(s): Lachish S, McCallum H, Jones M Source: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY Volume: 78 Issue: 2 Pages: 427-436 Published: MAR 2009 Times Cited: 4

21. Title: Genetics in conservation and wildlife management: a revolution since Caughley Author(s): Sarre SD, Georges A Conference Information: Fenner Conference on Wildlife Population Dynamics and Management, DEC, 2007 Canberra, AUSTRALIA Source: WILDLIFE RESEARCH Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Pages: 70-80 Published: 2009 Times Cited: 1

22. Title: Determination of polybrominated biphenyls in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) by gas chromatography coupled to electron capture negative ion tandem mass spectrometry or electron ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry Author(s): Vetter W, von der Reckel R, Symons R, et al. Source: RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY Volume: 22 Issue: 24 Pages: 4165-4170 Published: DEC 2008 Times Cited: 2

my gut feeling is this is a little too specialised/esoteric. Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

23. Title: Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease: lessons for conservation biology Author(s): McCallum H Source: TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION Volume: 23 Issue: 11 Pages: 631-637 Published: NOV 2008 Times Cited: 12

24. Title: Mitogen-induced responses in lymphocytes from platypus, the Tasmanian devil and the eastern barred bandicoot Author(s): Stewart NJ, Bettiol SS, Kreiss A, et al. Source: AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL Volume: 86 Issue: 10 Pages: 408-413 Published: OCT 2008 Times Cited: 1

my gut feeling is this is a little too specialised/esoteric. Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

25. Title: Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations Author(s): Jones ME, Cockburn A, Hamede R, et al. Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Volume: 105 Issue: 29 Pages: 10023-10027 Published: JUL 22 2008 Times Cited: 9

- in article, but has not been comprehensively used. --Malkinann (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

26. Title: Seasonal, demographic and density-related patterns of contact between Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii): Implications for transmission of devil facial tumour disease Author(s): Hamede RK, Mccallum H, Jones M Source: AUSTRAL ECOLOGY Volume: 33 Issue: 5 Pages: 614-622 Published: AUG 2008 Times Cited: 6

27. Title: Pouch appearance is a reliable indicator of the reproductive status in the Tasmanian devil and the spotted-tailed quoll Author(s): Hesterman H, Jones SM, Schwarzenberger F Source: JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 275 Issue: 2 Pages: 130-138 Published: JUN 2008 Times Cited: 3

28. Title: Assessment of cellular immune responses of healthy and diseased Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) Author(s): Kreiss A, Fox N, Bergfeld J, et al. Source: DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY Volume: 32 Issue: 5 Pages: 544-553 Published: 2008 Times Cited: 5

29. Title: Tasmanian Devil facial tumor disease Author(s): Vanherberghen M, Desmecht D Source: ANNALES DE MEDECINE VETERINAIRE Volume: 151 Issue: 2 Pages: 107-111 Published: 2007 Times Cited: 0

30. Title: Reproductive endocrinology of the largest dasyurids: Characterization of ovarian cycles by plasma and fecal steroid monitoring. Part I. The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) Author(s): Hesterman H, Jones SM, Schwarzenberger F Source: GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY Volume: 155 Issue: 1 Pages: 234-244 Published: JAN 1 2008 Times Cited: 6

31. Title: Transmission of a fatal clonal tumor by biting occurs due to depleted MHC diversity in a threatened carnivorous marsupial Author(s): Siddle HV, Kreiss A, Eldridge MDB, et al. Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Volume: 104 Issue: 41 Pages: 16221-16226 Published: OCT 9 2007 Times Cited: 29

32. Title: Distribution and impacts of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease Author(s): McCallum H, Tompkins DM, Jones M, et al. Source: ECOHEALTH Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Pages: 318-325 Published: SEP 2007 Times Cited: 15

- in article, not comprehensively used. --Malkinann (talk) 01:48, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

33. Title: The immune response of the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and Devil Facial Tumour Disease Author(s): Woods GM, Kreiss A, Belov K, et al. Source: ECOHEALTH Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Pages: 338-345 Published: SEP 2007 Times Cited: 6

34. Title: Towards a case definition for devil facial tumour disease: What is it? Author(s): Pyecroft SB, Pearse AM, Loh R, et al. Source: ECOHEALTH Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Pages: 346-351 Published: SEP 2007 Times Cited: 7

35. Title: Characterization of major histocompatibility complex class I and class II genes from the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) Author(s): Siddle HV, Sanderson C, Belov K Source: IMMUNOGENETICS Volume: 59 Issue: 9 Pages: 753-760 Published: SEP 2007 Times Cited: 10

36. Title: The impact of disease on the survival and population growth rate of the Tasmanian devil Author(s): Lachish S, Jones M, Mccallum H Source: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY Volume: 76 Issue: 5 Pages: 926-936 Published: SEP 2007 Times Cited: 21

37. Title: The pathology of devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) Author(s): Loh R, Bergfeld J, Hayes D, et al. Source: VETERINARY PATHOLOGY Volume: 43 Issue: 6 Pages: 890-895 Published: NOV 2006 Times Cited: 21

38. Title: The immunohistochemical characterization of devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) in the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) Author(s): Loh R, Hayes D, Mahjoor A, et al. Source: VETERINARY PATHOLOGY Volume: 43 Issue: 6 Pages: 896-903 Published: NOV 2006 Times Cited: 11

39. Title: Hormonal control of birth behavior in the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii Author(s): Rose RW, Bell L, Shaw G Source: HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR Volume: 50 Issue: 3 Pages: 417-423 Published: SEP 2006 Times Cited: 0

40. Title: Emerging disease and population decline of an island endemic, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii Author(s): Hawkins CE, Baars C, Hesterman H, et al. Source: BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION Volume: 131 Issue: 2 Pages: 307-324 Published: AUG 2006 Times Cited: 33

41. Title: Increasing the target-specificity of the M-44 ejector by exploiting differences in head morphology between foxes and large dasyurids Author(s): Nicholson E, Gigliotti F Source: WILDLIFE RESEARCH Volume: 32 Issue: 8 Pages: 733-736 Published: 2005 Times Cited: 2

- in article, seems like a minor topic? --Malkinann (talk) 01:48, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

42. Title: Adaptation of wild-caught Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) to captivity: evidence from physical parameters and plasma cortisol concentrations Author(s): Jones SM, Lockhart TJ, Rose RW Source: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 53 Issue: 5 Pages: 339-344 Published: 2005 Times Cited: 2

In article, not comprehensively used. --Malkinann (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

43. Title: Bite club: comparative bite force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa Author(s): Wroe S, McHenry C, Thomason J Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Volume: 272 Issue: 1563 Pages: 619-625 Published: MAR 22 2005 Times Cited: 49

in article, not sure how comprehensively this has been used. (this article seems like it only tangentially relates, so this may not be a problem).--Malkinann (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

44. Title: Disease and the devil: density-dependent epidemiological processes explain historical population fluctuations in the Tasmanian devil Author(s): Bradshaw CJA, Brook BW Source: ECOGRAPHY Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Pages: 181-190 Published: APR 2005 Times Cited: 15

In article, not used comprehensively. --Malkinann (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

45. Title: Molecular systematics of the enigmatic 'phascolosoricine' marsupials of New Guinea Author(s): Krajewski C, Moyer GR, Sipiorski JT, et al. Source: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 52 Issue: 4 Pages: 389-415 Published: 2004 Times Cited: 3

46. Title: Genetic diversity and population structure of Tasmanian devils, the largest marsupial carnivore Author(s): Jones ME, Paetkau D, Geffen E, et al. Source: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY Volume: 13 Issue: 8 Pages: 2197-2209 Published: AUG 2004 Times Cited: 37

- in article, but has not been thoroughly read and used here. --Malkinann (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

47. Title: Is anti-predator behaviour in Tasmanian eastern quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus) effective against introduced predators? Author(s): Jones ME, Smith GC, Jones SM Source: ANIMAL CONSERVATION Volume: 7 Pages: 155-160 Part: Part 2 Published: MAY 2004 Times Cited: 5

48. Title: Molecular identification of uncoupling proteins 2 and 3 in a carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) Author(s): Kabat AP, Rose RW, West AK Source: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY Volume: 77 Issue: 1 Pages: 109-115 Published: JAN-FEB 2004 Times Cited: 5

49. Title: Home range and spatial organization of the marsupial carnivore, Dasyurus maculatus maculatus (Marsupialia : Dasyuridae) in south-eastern Australia Author(s): Belcher CA, Darrant JP Source: JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 262 Pages: 271-280 Part: Part 3 Published: MAR 2004 Times Cited: 22

50. Title: Carpal ontogeny in Dasyurus viverrinus and notes on carpal evolution in the Dasyuromorphia among the Marsupialia Author(s): Sanchez-Villagra MR, Dottling M Source: MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY Volume: 68 Issue: 6 Pages: 329-340 Published: 2003 Times Cited: 3

51. Title: Growth and development of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) at Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia Author(s): Phillips BT, Jackson SM Source: ZOO BIOLOGY Volume: 22 Issue: 5 Pages: 497-505 Published: 2003 Times Cited: 1

In article. --Malkinann (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

52. Title: Causes of extinction of vertebrates during the Holocene of mainland Australia: arrival of the dingo, or human impact? Author(s): Johnson CN, Wroe S Source: HOLOCENE Volume: 13 Issue: 6 Pages: 941-948 Published: NOV 2003 Times Cited: 20

 Done - good article this. It also mentions extinction on mainland at around 430 years ago. Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

53. Title: Non-shivering thermogenesis in a carnivorous marsupial Sarcophilus harrisii, in the absence of UCP1 Author(s): Kabat AP, Rose RW, West AK Source: JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY Volume: 28 Issue: 5 Pages: 413-420 Published: JUL 2003 Times Cited: 10

54. Title: Microsatellites for the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus laniarius) Author(s): Jones ME, Paetkau D, Geffen E, et al. Source: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Pages: 277-279 Published: JUN 2003 Times Cited: 5

55. Title: The cerebellar paraflocculus and the subarcuate fossa in Monodelphis domestica and other marsupial mammals - ontogeny and phylogeny of a brain-skull interaction Author(s): Sanchez-Villagra MR Source: ACTA THERIOLOGICA Volume: 47 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-14 Published: MAR 2002 Times Cited: 11

56. Title: Molecular evidence for the pattern and timing of cladogenesis in dasyurid marsupials Author(s): Krajewski C, Wroe S, Westerman M Source: ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY Volume: 130 Issue: 3 Pages: 375-404 Published: NOV 2000 Times Cited: 22

57. Title: Niche differentiation among sympatric Australian dasyurid carnivores Author(s): Jones ME, Barmuta LA Source: JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY Volume: 81 Issue: 2 Pages: 434-447 Published: MAY 2000 Times Cited: 23

58. Title: Tooth enamel structure of some Australian carnivorous marsupials Author(s): Stefen C Source: ALCHERINGA Volume: 23 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 111-132 Published: 1999 Times Cited: 1

59. Title: The function of vigilance in sympatric marsupial carnivores: The eastern quoll and the Tasmanian devil Author(s): Jones ME Source: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR Volume: 56 Pages: 1279-1284 Part: Part 5 Published: NOV 1998 Times Cited: 22

60. Title: A new 'bone-cracking' dasyurid (Marsupialia), from the Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland Author(s): Wroe S Source: ALCHERINGA Volume: 22 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 277-284 Published: 1998 Times Cited: 7

61. Title: Diet overlap and relative abundance of sympatric dasyurid carnivores: a hypothesis of competition Author(s): Jones ME, Barmuta LA Source: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY Volume: 67 Issue: 3 Pages: 410-421 Published: MAY 1998 Times Cited: 34

62. Title: Character displacement in Australian dasyurid carnivores: Size relationships and prey size patterns Author(s): Jones M Source: ECOLOGY Volume: 78 Issue: 8 Pages: 2569-2587 Published: DEC 1997 Times Cited: 34

63. Title: Testes weight, body weight and mating systems in marsupials and monotremes Author(s): Rose RW, Nevison CM, Dixson AF Source: JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 243 Pages: 523-531 Part: Part 3 Published: NOV 1997 Times Cited: 15

64. Title: Body temperatures and activity patterns of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) and eastern quells (Dasyurus viverrinus) through a subalpine winter Author(s): Jones ME, Grigg GC, Beard LA Source: PHYSIOLOGICAL ZOOLOGY Volume: 70 Issue: 1 Pages: 53-60 Published: JAN-FEB 1997 Times Cited: 6

65. Title: Tasmanian devils, Sarcophilus harrisii, and human occupation - Estimating the cultural component Author(s): Walshe K Conference Information: 1993 Annual Conference of the Australian-Archaeological-Association - Archaeology in the North, 1993 DARWIN, AUSTRALIA Source: ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE NORTH Pages: 375-380 Published: 1994 Times Cited: 1

66. Title: DEGENERATIVE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY AND MYELOPATHY IN DASYURIDS Author(s): HOLZ PH, LITTLE PB Source: JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Pages: 509-513 Published: OCT 1995 Times Cited: 2

67. Title: A FIELD-STUDY OF COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL-BEHAVIOR OF THE TASMANIAN DEVIL AT FEEDING SITES Author(s): PEMBERTON D, RENOUF D Source: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 41 Issue: 5 Pages: 507-526 Published: 1993 Times Cited: 3

in article, not sure how comprehensively this has been used. --Malkinann (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

68. Title: NMR-STUDIES OF DIFFUSIONAL WATER PERMEABILITY OF ERYTHROCYTES FROM 8 SPECIES OF MARSUPIAL Author(s): BENGA G, CHAPMAN BE, GALLAGHER CH, et al. Source: COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-PHYSIOLOGY Volume: 106 Issue: 3 Pages: 515-518 Published: NOV 1993 Times Cited: 14

69. Title: EXPERIMENTAL INFECTIONS WITH THE TASMANIAN ISOLATE OF TRICHINELLA-PSEUDOSPIRALIS USING A NONENZYMATIC RECOVERY TECHNIQUE Author(s): OBENDORF DL Source: JOURNAL OF THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Pages: 266-268 Published: JUL 1993 Times Cited: 2

70. Title: NEODIPLOSTOMUM-SPRATTI N-SP (DIGENEA, DIPLOSTOMIDAE) FROM ANTECHINUS SPP (MARSUPIALIA, DASYURIDAE) IN AUSTRALIA, WITH NOTES ON OTHER DIPLOSTOMIDS FROM AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS Author(s): CRIBB TH, PEARSON JC Source: SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY Volume: 25 Issue: 1 Pages: 25-35 Published: MAY 1993 Times Cited: 8

71. Title: SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY OF RED-BLOOD-CELLS FROM 11 SPECIES OF MARSUPIAL Author(s): BENGA G, PORUTIU D, GHIRAN I, et al. Source: COMPARATIVE HAEMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL Volume: 2 Issue: 4 Pages: 227-230 Published: 1992 Times Cited: 5

72. Title: FIELD IMMOBILIZATION OF TASMANIAN DEVILS (SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII) WITH KETAMINE-HYDROCHLORIDE AND XYLAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE Author(s): PEMBERTON D, GALES N Source: WILDLIFE RESEARCH Volume: 18 Issue: 6 Pages: 695-698 Published: 1991 Times Cited: 1

73. Title: A COMPARISON OF TOOTH MICROWEAR BETWEEN AN EXTINCT MARSUPIAL PREDATOR, THE TASMANIAN TIGER THYLACINUS-CYNOCEPHALUS (THYLACINIDAE) AND AN EXTANT SCAVENGER, THE TASMANIAN DEVIL SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII (DASYURIDAE, MARSUPIALIA) Author(s): ROBSON SK, YOUNG WG Source: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 37 Issue: 5 Pages: 575-589 Published: 1990 Times Cited: 9

 Not done Abstract is very inconclusive. --Malkinann (talk) 20:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

74. Title: CEPHALIC VASCULATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD-FLOW THROUGH THE CRANIAL ARTERIAL CIRCLE OF THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII Author(s): SHAH SKH, NICOL SC Source: JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY Volume: 70 Issue: 1 Pages: 123-131 Published: FEB 1989 Times Cited: 0

75. Title: TOOTH MICROWEAR OF THYLACINUS-CYNOCEPHALUS AND SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII Author(s): ROBSON SK, YOUNG WG Source: JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH Volume: 65 Issue: 4 Pages: 483-483 Published: APR 1986 Times Cited: 0

76. Title: ARTERIAL BLOOD ACID-BASE REGULATION IN THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII, DURING EXERCISE Author(s): NICOL S, MASKREY M Source: PHYSIOLOGICAL ZOOLOGY Volume: 59 Issue: 2 Pages: 212-219 Published: MAR-APR 1986 Times Cited: 2

77. Title: FUNCTIONAL-MORPHOLOGY OF THE CRANIAL VASCULATURE AND THE NASAL PASSAGE IN THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII (MARSUPIALIA, DASYURIDAE) - A MARSUPIAL CAROTID RETE Author(s): SHAH SKH, NICOL SC, SWAIN R Source: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 34 Issue: 2 Pages: 125-133 Published: 1986 Times Cited: 4

78. Title: THERMOREGULATION, RESPIRATION AND SLEEP IN THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII (MARSUPIALIA, DASYURIDAE) Author(s): NICOL SC, MASKREY M Source: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY Volume: 140 Issue: 3 Pages: 241-248 Published: 1980 Times Cited: 23

79. Title: RETINAL PROJECTIONS IN THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII Author(s): SANDERSON KJ, HAIGHT JR Source: JOURNAL OF ANATOMY Volume: 130 Issue: JAN Pages: 208-209 Published: 1980 Times Cited: 0

80. Title: EMBRYONIC LOSS DURING EARLY-PREGNANCY IN THE MARSUPIAL DEVIL SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII Author(s): HUGHES RL Source: JOURNAL OF ANATOMY Volume: 130 Issue: JAN Pages: 211-211 Published: 1980 Times Cited: 0

81. Title: RETINAL PROJECTIONS IN THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII Author(s): SANDERSON KJ, PEARSON LJ, HAIGHT JR Source: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY Volume: 188 Issue: 2 Pages: 335-345 Published: 1979 Times Cited: 21

82. Title: ENERGY-REQUIREMENTS AND SODIUM AND WATER TURNOVERS IN 2 CAPTIVE MARSUPIAL CARNIVORES - THE TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII, AND THE NATIVE CAT, DASYURUS-VIVERRINUS Author(s): GREEN B, EBERHARD I Source: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY Volume: 27 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-8 Published: 1979 Times Cited: 33

83. Title: NEOPLASMS IN TASMANIAN DEVILS (SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII) Author(s): GRINER LA Source: JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE Volume: 62 Issue: 3 Pages: 589-595 Published: 1979 Times Cited: 15

84. Title: 10,000-YEAR-OLD SARCOPHILUS FROM CAPE-YORK Author(s): HORTON DR Source: SEARCH Volume: 8 Issue: 10 Pages: 374-375 Published: 1977 Times Cited: 0

85. Title: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYONIC-DEVELOPMENT IN MARSUPIAL DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII Author(s): HUGHES RL Source: JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND FERTILITY Volume: 46 Issue: 2 Pages: 504-505 Published: 1976 Times Cited: 0

86. Title: SATANICOPTES-ARMATUS, N-GEN, N-SP (ASTIGMATA-SARCOPTIDAE), A NEW MITE PRODUCING MANGE IN TASMANIAN DEVIL (SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII BOITARD) Author(s): FAIN A, LAURENCE BR Source: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Pages: 415-417 Published: 1975 Times Cited: 0

87. Title: BODY TEMPERATURES IN TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII (MARSUPIALIA-DASYURIDAE) Author(s): GUILER ER, HEDDLE RWL Source: COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY Volume: 47 Issue: 3A Pages: 981-989 Published: 1974 Times Cited: 13

88. Title: ISOLATION AND SOME PROPERTIES OF AN ACID-PHOSPHATASE FROM PLASMA OF TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII (MARSUPIALIA-DASYURIDAE) Author(s): SALLIS JD, PARSONS RS, GUILER ER Source: COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY Volume: 44 Issue: 4B Pages: 971-& Published: 1973 Times Cited: 2

89. Title: DISTRIBUTION OF ACID PHOSPHATASE IN TASMANIAN DEVIL, SARCOPHILUS-HARRISII (MARSUPIALIA DASYURIDAE) Author(s): PARSONS RS, HEDDLE RWL, GUILER ER Source: COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY Volume: 39 Issue: 2B Pages: 219-& Published: 1971 Times Cited: 6

90. Title: ADRENAL STEROID SECRETION IN TASMANIAN DEVIL (SARCOPHILUS-HARISII) AND EASTERN NATIVE CAT (DASYURUS-VIVERRINUS) - COMPARISON OF ADRENOCORTICAL ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT AUSTRALIAN MARSUPIALS Author(s): WEISS M, RICHARDS PG Source: JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY Volume: 49 Issue: 2 Pages: 263-& Published: 1971 Times Cited: 15

91. Title: COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMICAL AND HEMATOLOGIC FINDINGS ON TASMANIAN DEVIL (SARCOPHILUS HARRISII) Author(s): PARSON RS Source: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 15 Issue: 8 Pages: 779-& Published: 1969 Times Cited: 0

92. Title: WHEEL-RUNNING BEHAVIOR IN MARSUPIAL SARCOPHILUS Author(s): KIRKPATR.RD Source: JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY Volume: 47 Issue: 4 Pages: 698-& Published: 1966 Times Cited: 0

93. Title: The excitable cortex in Perameles, Sarcophilus, Dasyurus, Trichosurus and Wallabia (Macropus) Author(s): Abbie AA Source: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY Volume: 72 Issue: 3 Pages: 469-487 Published: JUN 1940 Times Cited: 35

94. Title: The external characters of Thylacinus, Sarcophilus, and some related Marsupials. Author(s): Pocock RI Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON Volume: 1926 Pages: 1037-1084 Part: Part 4 Published: 1929 Times Cited: 0

95. Title: The keeping and breeding of Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus harrisi). Author(s): Roberts MG Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON Volume: 1915 Pages: 575-581 Part: Part 4 Published: DEC 1915 Times Cited: 0

 Not done - there is an extensive quote from this in the Owen and Pemberton book, (pp. 84–93) which is used in the article. --Malkinann (talk) 20:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

96. Title: Biting Performance in Teeth-Digging African Mole-Rats (Fukomys,Bathyergidae, Rodentia) Published: November 2008 This paper challenges the assertino that the Tasmanian Devil has the strongest mamilian bite for its size, appendix 2 tabulates the author's original research and other papers' to show that the African Mole-Rats bite is the strongest mamilian bite for its size. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HundredHander (talk • contribs) 09:36, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Local extinction

Per the principle of least astonishment, I've replaced the piped link to Local extinction from "disappeared" to "locally extinct". This doesn't seem to have been discussed at the 2010/2011 FAR, and was in place before then (on 5 May 2011) used the dablink extirpation on 22 August 2010. -- Trevj (talk) 09:46, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 6 March 2013

I would like to add the following to External links- thanks!

Gspudich (talk) 14:23, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Normally I am very hesitant to add new external links to an article but I think this is better than some of the ELs already on the article. If no one objects within 24 hours of your request I will go ahead and add it. —KuyaBriBriTalk 14:58, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Done Appears non-controversial, added.  — daranz [ t ] 22:10, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 10 April 2013

there are now no disease free populations of tasmanian devils http://www.tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/devil-facial-tumour-disease-found-in-the-tarkine

Myx123 (talk) 22:57, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 24 December 2013

They are now in the US on display at the San Diego Zoo. http://www.10news.com/news/tasmanian-devils-debut-at-san-diego-zoo-102413


Not done: please make your request in a "change X to Y" format. —KuyaBriBriTalk 17:30, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 March 2014

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95.62.156.39 (talk) 18:38, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Cannolis (talk) 19:15, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 May 2014

My edit request is to put a 5 paragraph summary in because some of wikipedias viewers can not spend ten hours at this one page. Archer9d (talk) 15:21, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

 Not done As there is a 5 paragraph summary - I note all your other edits have been vandalism. - Arjayay (talk) 15:32, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Low genetic diversity

Please add "Low genetic diversity is thought to have been a feature in the Tasmanian devil population since the mid-Holocene."[1] just after " Periods of low population density may also have created moderate population bottlenecks, reducing genetic diversity" in the Genetics section. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 06:09, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Morris, K.; Austin, J. J.; Belov, K. (5 December 2012). "Low major histocompatibility complex diversity in the Tasmanian devil predates European settlement and may explain susceptibility to disease epidemics". Biology Letters. 9 (1): 20120900–20120900. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0900.
 Done [2]. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 14:18, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Maria Island population update

Please add "The Maria Island population has grown from a starting population of twenty-eight to 90 individuals, and experts will soon begin transferring healthy devils back to the mainland population."[1] after "Beginning in November 2012 however, in an effort to create a population that is both wild and disease-free, Tasmanian devils have been relocated to Maria Island, a mountainous island off the east coast of Tasmania." There's probably more to be got from this article (what the Maria Island devils are doing to the bird life...) but it's a start. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 11:14, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

 Done - not sure we can add much about the birds as the article states it is "anecdotal evidence" so is not really a reliable source - Arjayay (talk) 17:16, 29 November 2014 (UTC)


References

  1. ^ Shine, Tyson. "Bid to save birds from predatory Tasmania devils on Maria Island haven". ABC News. Retrieved 28 November 2014.


Zoo update

Please change this: "Due to restrictions on their export by the Australian government, these are the only devils currently known to be living outside Australia.[34]" to this: "Due to restrictions on their export by the Australian government, at the time these were the only devils known to be living outside Australia.[34] In June 2013, due to the successes of the insurance population program, it was planned to send devils to other zoos around the world in a pilot program.[1] San Diego Zoo Global and Albuquerque Biopark were selected to participate in the program,[2] and Wellington Zoo and Auckland Zoo soon followed.[3]" --110.20.234.69 (talk) 00:50, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ "Ambassador Devils for Overseas Zoos". Save the Tasmanian Devil. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ^ "First overseas zoos selected for ambassador devils". Save the Tasmanian Devil. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Auckland Zoo helps raise awareness of Tasmanian devils". Save the Tasmanian Devil. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

Contraception

Please add the following into the "Reproduction" section:

"A slow-release hormonal contraceptive implant for female devils is being developed and tested in a joint program between the Save the Tasmanian Devil program, the Zoo and Aquarium Association, the Taronga Conservation Society and the University of Sydney. This is aimed to help the devils continue with their wild behaviour by mating freely, but without certain females contributing too much to the next generation, which "can have long-term genetic consequences for the insurance population". Contraceptive trials in male devils showed that their testosterone increased, instead of decreasing as other male mammals' testosterone does. Early studies suggest that the female contraception has been successful, and the female contraceptive implants will be tested in the Maria Island insurance population.[1]"

Even though it's relevant, I can't work out how to link in the article on wildlife contraceptives into this text. Thank you. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 20:20, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ "Tasmanian Devil Contraception Trial shows Early Promise". Save the Tasmanian Devil. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

Bite force data

In the article we can read "The Tasmanian devil has an exceptionally strong bite for its size, generating a force of over 553 N (124 lbf)" but I can't see in the reference given where it says that generate a force over 553 N (124 lbf). Maybe its true, but the citation talks about 418 canine bite force (CBS), and bite force quotient (BFQ) 181. It's the same? --Furado (talk) 10:45, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

I was wondering that as well. I saw only 418 N mentioned in the cited article; the 553 N looks like OR. 50.79.227.209 (talk) 15:41, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Type/Number of teeth compared to dog teeth

Description section, 5th paragraph, sentence 8, "Like dogs, it has 42 teeth, which are not replaced after birth but grow continuously throughout life at a slow rate" This implies that dogs also have teeth which are not replaced after birth but grow continuously.... Suggest rewording to make clear that it has the same number of teeth as an adult dog, without implying the dog does not lose baby teeth. Per this article http://www.drsfostersmith.com/PIC/Article.cfm?d=155&category=607&articleid=2842 puppy's have 28 deciduous teeth which are replaced by 42 permanent teeth. Perhaps - "Like dogs, devils have 42 teeth, however, unlike dogs, their teeth are not replaced after birth but grow continuously throughout life at a slow rate". Something like that. Thanks 170.141.177.63 (talk) 17:51, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Done Stickee (talk) 00:15, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Tasmanian Devil Chosen as State Emblem

Please add "In 2015, the Tasmanian Devil was chosen as Tasmania's state emblem.[1]" to the cultural references section. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 07:41, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Done - thank you. Alakzi (talk) 18:23, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ "Tasmania backs the devil as the state emblem despite endangered status". ABC News. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.


Reintroduction proposed to mainland

Please add "A study has modelled the reintroduction of DFTD-free Tasmanian devils to the mainland in areas where dingos are sparse. It is proposed that devils would have fewer impacts on both livestock and native fauna than dingoes, and that the mainland population could act as an additional insurance population.[1]" to the distribution and range section. It could either go with the extinct populations of the 1990s, or as a new paragraph under the tapeworm. --110.20.234.69 (talk) 05:57, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Done Inomyabcs (talk) 09:47, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Daniel Hunter; Mike Letnic. "Bringing devils back to the mainland could help wildlife conservation". The Conversation (website). Retrieved 24 August 2015.

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Murder and suicide?

The "Relationship with humans" section says Tasmanian Devils "are known to eat the bodies of murder victims or people who have committed suicide." This seems unusually specific. How does a devil distinguish between someone who has died of natural causes and someone who has killed himself or been killed by someone else? Wouldn't it be more sensible to simply say they scavenge on human carcasses? Sadiemonster (talk) 03:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. Seems like an attention-grabbing bit of writing. DrChrissy (talk) 15:59, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Unclear

The article says "Jones believed that the quoll has evolved into its current state in just 100–200 generations of around two years as determined by the equal spacing effect on the devil"

Two years?2A02:FE0:C900:1:5540:D558:DCFA:ACCC (talk) 00:51, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Toledo Zoo link in External Links

I removed a link to the Toledo Zoo's "Saving the Devils" campaign because it doesn't add anything to the page beyond the article itself, unlike the other links (to the sequenced genome of the tasmanian devil and to the official Tasmanian Government Save the Tasmanian Devil program). I was swiftly reverted and I don't think the reasoning is convincing. The Toledo Zoo link is targeted at children or a general audience, is the product of a zoo that isn't even Australian and is not of value or use to anyone who has already read the Wikipedia article. There are several other zoos with similar information pages for their Tasmanian Devils. I don't think it should be included because it does not meet WP:ELNO - specifically "Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a featured article." --211.30.17.74 (talk) 21:43, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

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ტასმანიის ეშმაკი

ტასმანიის ეშმაკი- ავსტრალიის მახლობელი კუნძულის ბინადარი,რომელსაც ეს შემზარავი სახელი ეწოდება,ის არის შავი,შეიძლება მელასაც კი მივამსგავსოთ.და ძალიან გავს მას თავისი სიმაღლით,გამომეტყველებით და თითქმის ყველაფრით,რაც კი მელას გააჩნია,მისი სხეულის სიგრძე 60-70სმ'ს აღწევს,კუდი მოკლე აქვს,ძირითადად ხალხი ერიდება მას,რადგან შეიძლება მან ადამიანს ზიანი მიაყენოს. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.178.186.63 (talk) 15:11, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Err, thanks. I can vouch that it is not a fox. We have animals over here you just wouldn't believe. William Harris • (talk) • 11:21, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

according to google the message says Tasmania's Devil - a resident of Australia's nearby island, called this grueling name, is black, maybe even a fox. And it looks very similar to his height, the look and almost everything that he has, the length of his body reaches 60-70s, The tail is short, mainly people are avoiding him, because he can harm the person Abote2 (talk) 11:59, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Huh? Sumanuil (talk) 21:20, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Disambiguation Link Vandalized

The link to a disambiguation page, instead of linking to the actual "Tasmanian Devil" disambiguation page, had been vandalized to read, and link to, "Tasmanian Devil, it knows how to have sex with hippos," which page, of course, does not exist. Oddly, this text did not appear on the edit page. The text there simply read, "Tasmanian devil (Disambiguation)". I don't understand how that could be. Anyway, since I could not edit it, I simply deleted the line. I'm afraid I'm not certain of how to link to the correct disambiguation page and I don't want to mess up the page, so I left it at that. if somebody else could put in the proper link, I'm sure it would be appreciated.

Thanks but was fixed some time back[4]. There may have been a cache oddity? ~Hydronium~Hydroxide~(Talk)~ 12:52, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 October 2019

The word "midden" appears once but is not explained. Please link it to the midden article. 208.95.51.53 (talk) 15:18, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

 DoneGaioa (T C L) 15:48, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2020

Current: “Devils are not monogamous, and their reproductive process is very robust and competitive. Males fight one another for the females, and then guard their partners to prevent female infidelity.”

Suggest: “Devils are not monogamous, and their reproductive process is very robust and competitive. Males fight one another for access to the females. After mating, males fight to keep other males away from the female to help ensure their paternity.”

Why: Invoking the concept of “fidelity” right after stating they’re non-monogamous is very odd and rather misleading. The purpose of guarding in this species is not to prevent female choice. It’s to prevent access from other males. 2604:2000:248F:1600:4D27:1D93:EB25:EFC1 (talk) 01:11, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. GoingBatty (talk) 01:22, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

I've votices that there is a non-sensical phrasing in the phrase in the beginning of this article.

"It was once native to mainland Australia and was found in the wild only on the island state of Tasmania."

How can something be native to the mainland yet not in the wild? If something is native to the whole of Australia, then it should be:

"Native to the whole of Australia, the Tasmanian devil is now only found it the wild on the island of Tasmania"

Cheers, Henri V — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zephyr.augustin (talk • contribs) 06:50, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Tassie Devil

Sparkles dashing (talk) 08:02, 15 April 2021 We should start talking about editing it and and subtitles and also add Tasmanian devils life cycle. Sparkle dashing.Sparkles dashing (talk) 08:02, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Better Photos of Tasmanian Devil Eating

Feel free to replace any of the existing images under the feeding category as these show a more close-up look of the feeding process.

https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/search?&chn=1000&cmpgn=mar20&doi=2020-04-03&geo=au&guid=44be326b-56dd-4a66-a852-12803bfb9df9&locale=en_au&o=APN12175&p2=%5EEQ%5Emar20%5E&prt=ngc&trackId=&ver=3.14.3.7&ctype=pictures&tpr=2&q=tassie+devil+eating+images&ts=1618474543845&imgs=1p&filter=on&imgDetail=true — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sparkles dashing (talk • contribs) 08:18, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Tasmanian Devil & Badger Island

In "Distribution and Habitat", the text reads:

"they were introduced to Badger Island in the mid-1990s but are thought to have died out by 2005.[34]"

This is incorrect. They were purposefully removed from Badger Island by the Tasmanian government department of the environment (DPIPWE), and the animals were replaced on the Tasmanian mainland. The reference [34] is purposefully non-specific about why they were removed, since this action was controversial (the animals probably contracted DFTD when they were placed back in infected populations).

I would replace this text with:

"they were illegally introduced to Badger Island in the mid-1990s but were removed by the Tasmanian government by 2007. Although the Badger Island population was free from DFTD, the removed individuals were returned to the Tasmanian mainland, some to infected areas."

Please see:

https://stors.tas.gov.au/download/1539284 https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/conl.12787

To cite the former:

"In 1996, unnamed persons introduced “two or three pairs” of Devils to Badger Island in the Furneaux group off the northeast corner of Tasmania (Wade, 2005b; Hawkins et al., 2008; PHVA, 2008; DPIPWE, 2010d; STDP, 2011b; Mooney, 2012). The animals came from the Northern Midlands and Bridport area, were ferried to nearby Flinders Island and flown to Badger (STDP, 2011b). This illegal introduction was possibly done out of spite due to the island being handed back to its Aboriginal owners in that year. Subsequently, the owners requested that the Devils be removed, and removal was underway by early 2005 (Wade, 2005b; PHVA, 2008). Where the Devils were originally sourced from is unknown.

The introduced Devils bred, and 120-130 individuals may have occurred on the 14 km2 island at the time of removal. However, by August 2007 all the Devils were “thought to have been removed” (N. Mooney, in Hawkins et al., 2008, but see Mooney on ABC Bush Telegraph, 22 May 2012 and Insurance Population: Off-shore islands, below). One hundred and twenty-six trapped animals were released at various sites on the mainland, including Bridport, Epping Forest and Georgetown (STDP, 2011b), and two female Devils with their young were sent to a captive breeding facility at Bicheno (Radio National, Innovations: Devil Island Project, 26 May 2008). Interestingly, the authorities were not able to catch all the animals (below), and they may still inhabit the island. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikecology (talk • contribs) 05:49, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks for the clear and detailed request. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 12:09, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your help, Adrian J. Hunter! Wikecology (talk) 00:43, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

trimming

So I just trimmed the from over 11,000 words to under 10,000. 11,000 words is too much for a single species. LittleJerry (talk) 01:06, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 September 2021

Please remove 

when they have slipped in wooden shearing sheds

and add 

when they have slipped into wooden shearing sheds

Otherwise it sounds like "they" are sheep that happened to lose their footing. 64.203.186.75 (talk) 13:54, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: That is what is being said. The sheep slip, their legs hang below, the Tasmanian devil eats the legs. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:59, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
In that case, please remove
eat the legs of otherwise robust sheep when they have slipped in wooden shearing sheds
and add
eat the legs of otherwise robust sheep that have slipped in wooden shearing sheds
Thank you for helping me understand better. 64.203.186.75 (talk) 14:01, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
 Done Thank you — Lauritz Thomsen (talk) 15:07, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

San Diego Zoo Global is now San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

San Diego Zoo Global is now San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance 68.123.8.175 (talk) 16:38, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done Updated the link. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:47, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
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