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An animal that has not lived on the Australian
in over 3,000 years is back. The
is the Tasmanian devil. Conservation groups in the
of New South Wales on Australia's east coast released a
of 26 of the mammals. They put them in a
nature reserve north of the city of Sydney. The Tasmanian devil is the
of a small dog. It feeds on large birds and household
. It has been an endangered species for decades after dingoes (an Australian wild dog) wiped
out on mainland Australia. The devil gets its
from its high-pitched squeal and the fierce way it fights for food. Despite its scary-sounding name,
say it is not a danger to humans.
