THE STATUS of TASMANIA'S MAMMALS

<BODY> <font size="5" face="Helvetica" >The Status of Tasmania's Mammals</font><br> <table width="119" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" height="249"> <tr> <td rowspan="3" colspan="5"> <p> <div align="center">  <a href="pages/tasdevil201.html" target="RightFrame"><img src="thumbnails/tasdevil201.jpg" alt="tasdevil201" align="bottom" border="0"><br> STATUS</a><br> <a href = "pages/tasdevil201.html" target="RightFrame"><font size="3" face="Arial" ></font><br> </a></div> <div align="center">  <a href="pages/tasdevil202.html" target="RightFrame"><img src="thumbnails/tasdevil202.jpg" alt="tasdevil202" align="bottom" border="0"><br> MONOTREMES</a><a href = "pages/tasdevil202.html" target="RightFrame"><br> <br> </a></div> <div align="center">  <a href="pages/tasdevil203.html" target="RightFrame"><img src="thumbnails/tasdevil203.jpg" alt="tasdevil203" align="bottom" border="0"><br> PLATYPUS</a><br> <a href = "pages/tasdevil203.html" target="RightFrame"><font size="3" face="Arial" 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target="RightFrame"><br> </a></div> <div align="center">  <a href="pages/tasdevil208.html" target="RightFrame"><img src="thumbnails/tasdevil208.jpg" alt="tasdevil208" align="bottom" border="0"><br> SPOTTED TAIL QUOLL</a><br> <a href = "pages/tasdevil208.html" target="RightFrame"><br> </a></div> <div align="center">  <a href="pages/tasdevil209.html" target="RightFrame"><img src="thumbnails/tasdevil209.jpg" alt="tasdevil209" align="bottom" border="0"><br> EASTERN QUOLL</a><br> <a href = "pages/tasdevil209.html" target="RightFrame"><br> </a></div> <div align="center">  <a href="pages/tasdevil210.html" target="RightFrame"><img src="thumbnails/tasdevil210.jpg" alt="tasdevil210" align="bottom" border="0"><br> EASTERN BARRED BANDICOOT</a><a href = "pages/tasdevil210.html" target="RightFrame"><br> </a></div> <div align="center">  <a href="pages/tasdevil211.html" target="RightFrame"><img src="thumbnails/tasdevil211.jpg" alt="tasdevil211" align="bottom" border="0"><br> SOUTHERN BROWN 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</tr> </table> <br> <a href="http://www.water-sos.org/">HOME to WATER SOS TASMANIA</a><br> <br> The Mammals of Tasmania<br> Like most of Australia's mammals, the Tasmanian mammal fauna comprises many marsupials, or pouched mammals. Marsupials are remarkable for their method of reproduction, such as the production of very tiny young which complete their development in a pouch.New Born Tasmanian DevilTasmania has many unique mammals found nowhere else in the world. Some, like the Tasmanian devil and Tasmanian tiger are well-known. Others, such as the eastern quoll, pademelon and bettong are less well-known, but equally fascinating.<br> Tasmania has many species which have become, or are on the verge of extinction on mainland Australia. The lack of introduced predators, such as the fox, and the relatively large amount of intact habitat on the island, make Tasmania a final refuge - a last chance - or many species.<br> Choose the species or mammal family you wish to see from the full species list below:ORDER MONOTREMATA (Echidnas and Platypus)<br> There are only three living monotremes, the duck-billed platypus and four species of echidna, or "spiny anteaters," such as the one shown at left. All of them are found only in Australia and New Guinea. Monotremes are not a very diverse group today, and there has not been much fossil information known until rather recently.<br> In some ways, monotremes are very primitive for mammals because, like reptiles and birds, they lay eggs rather than having live birth. In a number of other respects, monotremes are rather derived, having highly modified snouts or beaks, and modern adult monotremes have no teeth. Like other mammals, however, monotremes have a single bone in their lower jaw, three middle ear bones, high metabolic rates, hair, and they produce milk to nourish the young. <br> Family Ornithorhychidae (Platypus)<br> Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus<br> Family Tachyglossidae (Echidnas)<br> Short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus <br> ORDER POLYPROTODONTA (Carnivorous Marsupials and Bandicoots)<br> Family Dasyuridae (Carnivorous Marsupials)<br> Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii<br> Spotted-tail quoll Dasyurus maculatus<br> Eastern quoll Dasyurus viverrinus<br> Dusky antechinus Antechinus swainsonii<br> Swamp antechinus Antechinus minimus<br> White-footed dunnart Sminthopsis leucopus<br> Family Thylacinidae (Thylacine)<br> Thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) Thylacinus cynocephalus<br> Family Peramelidae (Bandicoots)<br> Eastern barred bandicoot Perameles gunni<br> Southern brown bandicoot Isoodon obesulus<br> ORDER DIPROTODONTA (Possums, Kangaroos and Wombats)<br> Superfamily Macropodoidea (Macropods)<br> Tasmanian bettong Bettongia gaimadi<br> Long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus<br> Forester (Eastern grey) kangaroo Macropus giganteus<br> Bennetts (Red-necked) wallaby Macropus rufogriseus<br> Tasmanian pademelon Thylogale billardierii<br> Family Petauridae<br> Common ringtail possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus<br> Sugar glider Petaurus breviceps <br> Family Phalangeridae<br> Common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula<br> Family Burramyidae<br> Eastern pygmy Possum Cercartetus nanus<br> Little pygmy possum Cercartetus lepidus<br> Family Vombatidae (Wombats)<br> Wombat Vombatus ursinus <br> <br> Tasmanian devil (threatened)<br> <br> Eastern barred bandicoot<br> <br> Spotted-tailed quoll<br> <br> Tasmanian pademelon<br> <br> Eastern quoll<br> <br> Southern brown bandicoot<br> <br> Common wombat<br> <br> Chocolate wattled bat<br> <br> Brushtail possum<br> <br> Tasmanian pipistrelle bat<br> <br> Ringtail possum<br> <br> Lesser long-eared bat<br> <br> Bennetts wallaby<br> <br> Greater long-eared bat<br> <br> Sugar glider<br> <br> Long-nosed potoroo<br> <br> Echidna<br> <br> Snails<br> <br> Skinks<br> <br> White-lipped snake (whip snake)<br> <br> Tiger snake <br> <br> Wedge-tailed eagle (threatened)<br> <br> Black-headed honeyeater<br> <br> Green rosella<br> <br> Black currawong<br> <br> Brown goshawk<br> <br> Forest raven<br> <br> Grey (white) goshawk<br> <br> Scarlet robin<br> <br> Scrubtit<br> <br> Australian magpie<br> <br> Yellow wattlebird<br> <br> Grey fantail<br> <br> Strong-billed honeyeater<br> <br> Superb lyrebird (introduced)<br> <br> Yellow-throated honeyeater<br> <br> Masked owl<br> <br> Dusky robin<br> <br> Welcome swallow<br> <br> Yellow-tailed black cockatoo<br> <br> Tawny frogmouth<br> <br> Tasmanian native-hen<br> <br> Laughing kookaburra (introduced)<br> <br> Tasmanian thornbill<br> <br> <br> </BODY>