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Are cats related to Tasmanian devils?

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No. Cats are not related to tasmanian devils. Cats are placental mammals and Tasmanian devils are marsupials. There are no true native cats in Australia.

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How do cats kill Tasmanian devils?

Feral cats are particularly aggressive, but they do not tend to attack adult Tasmanian devils. They are a threat to young joeys.


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The only way in which Tasmanian devils and Tasmanian tigers are related is that they are both marsupials. The Tasmanian devil is more closely related to the quoll than it is to the (now extinct) Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine. It is also more closely related to some small marsupials than it is to the Thylacine.


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