#0466 · 🦊 mammals
Tasmanian Devil
🇳🇱 Buidelduivel ·Sarcophilus harrisii
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Brett Vercoe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Brett Vercoe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Zweer de Bruin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Mike Switzerland · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Zweer de Bruin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. © Brett Vercoe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Leslie Flint · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Arthur Chapman · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. © Brett Vercoe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Arthur Chapman · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Tasmanian devil ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It was once native to mainland Australia and now found in the wild only on the island state of Tasmania, including tiny east-coast Maria Island where there is a conservation project with disease-free animals.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,119 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pierre Boitard in 1841 (185 years ago).
- Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Tasmanian Devil
- Nederlands
- Buidelduivel
- scientific name
- Sarcophilus harrisii
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Dasyuromorphia
- family
- Dasyuridae
- IUCN Red List
- EN · endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,119
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1841 by Pierre Boitard
IUCN in Dutch: bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Dasyuridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 40232, Wikidata Q134964, GBIF 2435451, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.