<hw>Tasmanian</hw>, <i>adj</i>. belonging or native to Tasmania.
1825. A. Bent, `The Tasmanian Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1825'
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<hw>Tasmanian</hw>, <i>n</i>. an inhabitant of Tasmania, a colonist. The word is also used of the aborigines, the race of whom is now extinct.
<hw>Tasmanian Devil</hw>, <i>n</i>. the only species of the genus <i>Sarcophilus</i> (q.v.), <i>S. ursinus</i>.
1894. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' p. 156:
"Like many of its kindred, the Tasmanian Devil is a burrowing and nocturnal animal. In size it may be compared to a Badger, and owing to its short limbs, plantigrade feet, and short muzzle, its gait and general appearance are very Badger or Bear-like."
<hw>Tasmanian Tiger</hw>, <i>n</i>. called also <i>Native Wolf</i>, <i>Marsupial Wolf</i>, <i>Zebra Wolf</i>, and <i>Hyaena</i>; genus, <i>Thylacinus</i> (q.v.). It is the largest carnivorous marsupial extant, and is so much like a wolf in appearance that it well deserves its vernacular name of <i>Wolf</i>, though now-a-days it is generally called <i>Tiger</i>. There is only one species, <i>Thylacinus cynocephalus</i>, and the settlers have nearly exterminated it, on account of its fierce predatory habits and the damage it inflicts on their flocks. The Tasmanian Government pays L1 for every one destroyed. The Van Diemen's Land Company in the North-West of the Island employs a man on one of its runs who is called the "tiger-catcher."
1813. `History of New South Wales' (1818), p. 430:
"About Port Dalrymple an animal was discovered which bore some resemblance to the hyena both in shape and fierceness; with a wide mouth, strong limbs, sharp claws and a striped skin. Agreeably to the general nature of New South Wales quadrupeds, this animal has a false belly. It may be considered as the most formidable of any which New South Wales has been yet found to produce, and is very destructive; though there is no instance of its attacking the human species."