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Is a tiger a marsupial

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The tiger is not a marsupial. It is a placvental mammal.

The now-extinct "Tasmanian tiger" was a marsupial, but it was not a member of the tiger family. Its real name was "thylacine" and it was only given the designation of Tasmanian tiger because of its stripes.

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