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Tasmanian Tigers

Thylacines, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian wolf, this creature was neither a tiger nor a wolf, but the largest carnivorous marsupial. Now believed to be extinct, it once roamed the Australian continent but, since European settlement, was known only on the Australian island of Tasmania.

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What was the prey of a Tasmanian tiger?

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The Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), was a carnivorous marsupial, or dasyurid. It preyed on native animals such as wallabies, wombats, possums, birds and other prey smaller than itself.

The Thylacine sometimes scavenged for food, and was known to feed on the carcasses of rabbits and wallabies.

How many thylacines are left?

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Officially, none. There have been no confirmed sightings of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, since the last one died in Hobart Zoo in September 1936. There are none either in the wild, or in captivity.

How does Tasmanian tiger hunt?

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Very little is known about the Thylacine's hunting habits. They were known to hunt a variety of mammals. Some theories state they hunted in packs, while other evidence suggests they were solitary hunters.

Tasmanian Tiger life?

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Tigers are solitary animals that live in dense forests in Southeast Asia and Siberia. They spend much of the day resting and sleeping, and are rarely seen by people. Their diet consists of native deer, boar, water buffalo and smaller animals, such as monkeys and birds.

These big cats do not live in groups, and usually come together only for mating. Female tigers can have up to three or even four cubs in a litter, but most will not survive. After her cubs are 18-24 months old, a tigress will leave them to fend for themselves. Tigers need large territories in order to hunt and stay healthy; they patrol their areas and leave scent-marks on trees and brush to warn other tigers to stay away.

What happened to the eco-system when Tasmanian Tigers went extinct?

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Unfortunately, too little, too late, was done to protect the Tasmanian tiger. In fact, a bounty was placed on the Tasmanian tiger as farmers feared than as a threat to livestock.

The Tasmanian government did not act to protect the Thylacine (as it was properly called) until 1936, the same year as its believed extinction.

Were Tasmanian tigers warm blooded or cold blooded?

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Tasmanian tigers, more properly known as Thylacines, were warm-blooded, like all mammals.

What are the Tasmanian Tiger's Body Parts?

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Depends on how many pieces it's in.

How did the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine become extinct?

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The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger and sometimes the Tasmanian Wolf), became extinct during the 20th century. The last known specimen died in the Hobart Zoo on the 7th of September, 1936.

It was hunted to extinction after a bounty was placed on it as a livestock killer. The government paid one pound for every dead adult thylacine head, and ten shillings for every dead thylacine pup head. Also, wild dogs that settlers brought in competed with the thylacines, reducing the prey of the thylacine.

The thylacine and Tasmanian devil both became extinct in mainland Australia hundreds of years earlier, probably because they were in competition with dingoes once the Aborigines came.

There is disputed evidence that a very small number may yet still exist in the Tasmanian wilderness, but nobody has seen, photographed or trapped one.

A recent attempt was made to clone one, but failed due to the DNA being of insufficient quality.

Further, it has been suggested that, in the early part of the Twentieth Century an extremely virulent disease began to spread first through the wild then captive populations. Exactly what this disease was remains unknown but it was described as being similar to but distinct from canine distemper. Another theory points to the fact that, by the time the Thylacine was confined to the island of Tasmania, the remaining specimens did not have sufficient genetic diversity to sustain the population. A similar problem is currently affecting the Tasmanian devil, resulting in the spread of the fatal DFTD, or Devil Facial Tumour Disease.

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My answer is related to This is the only level 3, not the first version.

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How are the Tasmanian wolf and the gray wolf alike?

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No, they were genetically closer to the kangaroo than to the dog. They are now extinct.

The Tasmanian Tiger was a dasyurid, a carnivorous marsupial, and the largest dasyurid in Australia. It bore no relation to any member of the canine family.

What is the weight of the Tasmanian wolf?

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The Tasmanian wolf, more correctly known as a Thylacine, or also the Tasmanian tiger, has been extinct since 1936.

It weighed between 15 and 30 kilograms, or 33 to 66 lb. The males were larger than females on average.

Are the Tasmanian wolf and the Tasmanian tiger the same animal?

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They are not related. They are both mammals, and that is where the similarity ends.

Thylacines (the correct name for Tasmanian wolves) were marsupials. They are now extinct. They had a pouch in which the young developed after birth.

Gray wolves are placental mammals. They have a longer gestation period than thylacines, and the young are much more developed when born.

How did the Tasmanian wolf protect itself?

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There was no such animal as the "Tasmanian tiger wolf".

The proper name of this animal was Thylacine, but it was also known variously as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf - not the Tasmanian tiger wolf.

The habitat of the thylacine was open bushland such as dry eucalypt forest or grasslands or even open wetlands.

From the time of European settlement, the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, was only known on the Australian island state of Tasmania. However, fossil evidence from a long time ago indicates they once also lived on the Australian mainland and in New Guinea.

Who named the thylacine?

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Thylacinus cynocephalus is also referred to as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf.

What is a female thylacine called?

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A baby thylacine was called a joey. All marsupial young are called joeys.

Was a Tasmanian wolf a predator or prey?

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The Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine as it is correctly called, is believed to be extinct. This is because its major enemy was man, who perceived it as a threat to livestock and set out on a campaign to decimate its population - a campaign that, unfortunately, succeeded.

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Thylacine's biggest competitor for food was the Tasmanian Devil, but the Tasmanian devil coukd not really be said to be the Thylacine's enemy. Originally, when the Thylacine was found on the mainland as well, it is thought that the dingo's arrival caused its extinction from the continent, as the dingo was bigger and a more vicious hunter and killer.

Is there any evidence that the Tasmanian tiger is NOT extinct?

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When any given species has not been sighted for a certain number of years, it is declared extinct. There have been no confirmed sightings of the Tasmanian Tiger, more correctly known as Thylacine, since the last known specimen died in the Hobart Zoo in September 1936. Until there is a confirmed sighting, the Thylacine will continue to be regarded as extinct.

Are Tasmanian devils coll or warm blooded?

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A Tiger Shark is cold blooded

Are they still going to clone the Tasmanian tiger thylacine?

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In 2005, the Australian Museum attempted to clone the Thylacine, but the attempt was abandoned due to the lack of necessary equipment and facilities. At this stage, it is not considered viable to make any new attempts, but there may be better technology for another experiment in the future.

What family is the Tasmanian tiger related to?

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The now-extinct Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine) was a dasyurid, or carnivorous marsupial. It was distantly related to the quoll and the Tasmanian devil.

It was neither a wolf nor a tiger.

Did the Tasmanian tiger run fast?

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The Thylacine, more correctly known as the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf, became extinct during the 20th century, and thus no real research was done into its speed or other habits. Because it was a carnivorous predator, it could be assumed it needed to be a fast runner in order to hunt effectively and to catch its prey.

What kind of ecosystem did Tasmanian wolf live in?

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The correct name for the Tasmanian wolf was Thylacine. Its ecosystem varied. It was known to live in open bushland such as dry eucalypt forest or grasslands or sometimes the edge of open wetlands.