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Tasmanian Animals

Tasmania is home to many wonderful animals! How much of this interesting trivia about them can you answer?
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Last updated: December 4, 2021
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Which Tasmanian animal was famously caricatured by the Looney Tunes character Taz?
Tasmanian devil
What is the meaning of the above animal's genus, Sarcophilus?
Meatlover
Which animal was hunted to extinction in the early 20th century?
Tasmanian tiger
What animal did farmers fear the above was killing?
Sheep
Which famously aggressive Australian bird's Tasmanian counterpart is much friendlier?
Magpie
Which Tasmanian bird is also commonly known as a turbo chook, due to its impressive running speed of up to 50 kph (31 mph)?
Tasmanian native hen
There is a population of wallabies on Bruny Island, off the southeast of Tasmania, with which mutation?
Albinism
The town of Latrobe in the state's northwest is sometimes given which title?
Platypus capital of the world
Which critically endangered bird flies south to Tasmania to breed during the summer?
Swift parrot
Which animals were introduced to Macquarie Island, about 1500km (930mi) southeast of mainland Tasmania, to control pest animal populations, only to become a pest themselves?
Cats
Wineglass Bay on the state's East Coast got its name from the colour produced by hunting which animal?
Whales
Name one of the three types of snakes found in Tasmania
Tiger | Lowland copperhead | White-lipped
2 Comments
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Level 59
Dec 4, 2021
Great Quiz!!
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Level 67
Dec 5, 2021
Thank you :)) and thank you for your advice with making it!