一些最初的调查结果显示，有数万只的袋獾因为感染上了一种名为“袋獾面部肿瘤”(Devil Facial Tumor Disease)的疾病而死亡。
The results of the first investigative survey revealed that tens of thousands of Tasmanian devils had died from a disease now known as devil Facial Tumor disease.
癌症初期，袋獾的面部生出肿瘤。
传染性面部肿瘤在袋獾中迅速蔓延，人们相信，其结果是导致这种世界上最大的袋类食肉动物的数量降低了60%以上。
An infectious facial cancer is spreading rapidly among Tasmanian devils and populations of the world's largest marsupial predator are believed to have fallen by more than 60% as a result.
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