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Yes. The Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, was a marsupial. Although not the largest marsupial (that category is taken by the Red kangaroo), it was the largest carnivorous marsupial (dasyurid).
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What is a female thylacine called?
A baby thylacine was called a joey. All marsupial young are called joeys.
What is a ferocious marsupial?
A Thylacine or a Tasmanian devil
What Type of organism was the thylacine?
A Thylacine was a consumer, and a mammal, specifically a carnivorous marsupial known as a dasyurid.
What is a thylacine's common name?
The Thylacine was commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger - a misnomer, because the creature was not a tiger, but a marsupial.
What marsupial predator became extinct in the 20th century?
thylacine(tasmanian tiger)
What does the thylacine survive with?
It doesn't. The Thylacine was unable to survive being hunted as a supposed livestock killer. The last known specimen of this marsupial died in 1936.
What animal group is the thylacine in?
The thylacine, now extinct, was a mammal. It was a marsupial, or pouched mammal. It was also in the group own as Dasyurids, which refers to the carnivorous marsupials.
What species did the Tasmanian Tiger originate from?
The Tasmanian tiger's correct name was Thylacine. The Thylacine was a marsupial of the order dasyuromorphidae. Its species name was Thylacinus cynocephalus.
What was the thylacine more commonly known as?
The Thylacine was more commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger, or sometimes the Tasmanian wolf. It was neither a tiger nor a wolf, but a marsupial.
What was the name of the zoo that the last thylacine was filmed in?
The last known Thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) was housed in the Hobart Zoo, and this is also the source of the last film of this unique marsupial.
Is a Tasmanian tiger a species?
It was once, but is now extinct. The Tasmanian tiger's correct name was Thylacine. The Thylacine was a marsupial of the order dasyuromorphidae. Its species name was Thylacinus cynocephalus.
How did the Tasmanian wolf get its food?
The Tasmanian wolf was not a wolf, but a marsupial. Its proper name was Thylacine, although it was most commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger. It is not known whether the Thylacine was a solitary hunter, or whether it hunted in packs. It was known to eat mammals, as it was a dasyurid, or carnivorous marsupial.
