Species Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841)
Tasmanian Devil
- Ursinus harrisii Boitard, [P.] 1841. Le Jardin des Plantes. Description et Moeurs des Mammifères de la Ménagerie et du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Précédé d'une Introduction Historique, Descriptive et Pittoresque par M.J. Janin. Paris : J.J. Dubochet et Ce lxvi lxvi, 472 pp. [dated 1842 = August 1841; publication date established from Sherborn, C.D. 1922. Index Animalium sive index nominum quae ab A.D. MDCCLVIII generibus et speciebus animalium imposita sunt. Sectio secunda a kalendis Ianuariis, MDCCCI usque ad finem Decembris, MDCCCL. Part 1. Introduction, bibliography and index A-Aff. 1801–1850. London : British Museum cxxxi 128 pp. [xxvi]] [290] [replacement name for Didelphis ursina Harris, 1808 (cited as Dasyurus ursinus Geoff.)].
- Didelphis ursina Harris, G.P. 1808. Description of two new species of Didelphis from Van Diemen's Land. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 1 9: 174-178 pl. 19 [publication date established from Raphael, S. 1970. The publication dates of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 1, 1791–1875. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 2: 61–76 [63, 75]] [176] [non Didelphis ursina Shaw, 1800].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀ (not found in BMNH), TAS. - Sarcophilus satanicus Thomas, O. 1903. Note on the technical name of the Tasmanian Devil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 11: 289 [nom. nov. for Didelphis ursina Harris, 1808].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Thomas, O. 1912. The technical name of the Tasmanian devil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 25: 116
Generic Combinations
- Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841).
Distribution
States
Tasmania
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, closed forest, closed shrubland, insectivorous, nocturnal, open forest, open heath, predator, terrestrial, woodland.
General References
Bell, C.J., Baudinette, R.V. & Nicol, S.C. 1983. Cutaneous water loss at rest and exercise in two species of marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 93-99
Dickman, C.R. 1996. Impact of exotic generalist predators on the native fauna of Australia. Wildlife Biology 2: 185-195
Guiler, E. 1992. The Tasmanian Devil. Hobart : St David's Park Publishing 28 pp.
Guiler, E.R. 1970. Observations on the Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus harrisii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). I. Numbers, home range, movements, and food in two populations. Australian Journal of Zoology 18: 49-62
Guiler, E.R. 1982. Temporal and spatial distribution of the Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 116: 153-163
Hughes, R.L. 1982. Reproduction in the Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia). pp. 49-63 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.
Jones, M. 1995. Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii. pp. 82-84 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Jones, M. 1997. Character displacement in Australian dasyurid carnivores: Size relationships and prey size patterns. Ecology 78: 2569-2587
Jones, M.E., Paetkou, D., Geffen, E. & Moritz, C. 2004. Genetic diversity and population structure of Tasmanian devils, the largest marsupial carnivore. Molecular Ecology 13: 2197-2209
Jones, M.E. & Barmuta, L.A. 1998. Diet overlap and relative abundance of sympatric dasyurid carnivores: a hypothesis of competition. Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 410-421
Nicol, S. & Maskrey, M. 1986. Arterial blood acid-base regulation in the Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, during exercise. Physiological Zoology 59: 212-219
Pemberton, D. & Gales, N. 1991. Field immobilisation of Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) with ketamine-hydrochloride and xylazine hydrochloride. Wildlife Research 18: 695-698
Pemberton, D. & Renouf, D. 1993. A field study of communication and social behaviour of the Tasmanian devil at feeding sites. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 507-526
Robson, S.K. & Young, W.G. 1990. A comparison of tooth microwear between an extinct marsupial predator, the Tasmanian tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus (Thylacynidae) and an extant scavenger, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 575-589
Shah, S.K.H., Nicol, S.C. & Swain, R. 1986. Functional morphology of the cranial vasculature and the nasal passage in the Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii (Marsupial: Dasyuridae): a marsupial carotid rete? Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 125-133
Sobbe, I.H. 1990. Devils on the Darling Downs - the tooth mark record. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 299-322
Werdelin, L. 1987. Some observations on Sarcophilus laniarius and the evolution of Sarcophilus. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 90: 1-27 [10] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement proposes S. harrisii as a subspecies of the otherwise extinct S. laniarius)
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Tasmanian Devil)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Oct-2010 | 15-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 15-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |