 Brown and black fur  White throat patch  Pinkish whitish nose  Short and wide head  Tail 12 inches long  Body inches long

 Australia  Lives in Tasmania  Bushy wooded country side  Forest area  In mountains  Outer suburbs of many towns

 Likes to Eat:  Insects and fish  Wombat and Wallaby  Sheep and rabbits  Birds and reptiles  Crushes its preys bones  Eats animals already dead

 2-4 babies  Lives in moms pouch for 15 weeks  Grows nursing milk  Born in pouch  Smaller than a raison at birth  When leaves pouch it is as big as a grapefruit

 When threatened ears turn bright red  Stores animal fat in its tail  Can die from Facial Tumor Disease  Jaws like shark  Is a dasyroid marsupial

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