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... Tiger This is one of the most spectacular of the marsupials . A leading article in the Launceston Examiner claimed that the Tasmanian tiger , whether or not it exists , was the most efficient publicist of Tasmania . It went on to say ...
... Tiger This is one of the most spectacular of the marsupials . A leading article in the Launceston Examiner claimed that the Tasmanian tiger , whether or not it exists , was the most efficient publicist of Tasmania . It went on to say ...
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Vincent Serventy. Tasmanian Devil This animal , like the tiger , is found only in Tasmania and is a much smaller edition of the tiger , with a fierce disposition . Only the size of a middle - sized dog , the animal has a powerful head ...
Vincent Serventy. Tasmanian Devil This animal , like the tiger , is found only in Tasmania and is a much smaller edition of the tiger , with a fierce disposition . Only the size of a middle - sized dog , the animal has a powerful head ...
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... tiger , the devil , and then a whole collection of catlike animals . The tiger cat is the giant of the group , found along all the eastern coastal forests into Tasmania . Large speci- mens of the tiger cat may reach four feet from nose ...
... tiger , the devil , and then a whole collection of catlike animals . The tiger cat is the giant of the group , found along all the eastern coastal forests into Tasmania . Large speci- mens of the tiger cat may reach four feet from nose ...
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