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Yes. The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was a carnivorous marsupial, of the dasyurid family.
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Who were the thylacines related to?
Thylacines, also known as Tasmanian Tigers, were dasyurids, or carnivorous marsupials. Therefore, their closest relatives were the other dasyurids, including the numbat of Western Australia, the Tasmanian devil and the quoll.
Are Tasmanian devils marsupials?
Yes. Tasmanian devils are carnivorous marsupials, belonging to the group known as dasyurids.
Do Tasmanian devils suck blood?
Of course not. Tasmanian devils are carnivorous marsupials, not vampires.
Are kangaroos and thylacines related other than being marsupials?
Thylacines were not related to kangaroos beyond being marsupials. Thylacines, or Tasmanian Tigers, were dasyurids, or carnivorous marsupials while kangaroos are herbivorous macropods (big-footed marsupials).
What family do Tasmanian devils belong to such as cats and dogs?
Tasmanian devils belong to the family Dasyuridae. The Dasyurids are carnivorous marsupials.
Are Tasmanian devils related to dogs?
The closest relative to the Tasmanian devil is the quoll, another native Australian carnivorous marsupial, or dasyurid.As dasyurids, Tasmanian devils are related to other small dasyurids such as kowaris, antechinus, phascogales, planigales. They are only distantly related to the now extinct Tasmanian tigers, or Thylacines.
You wonder are Tasmanian devils and Tasmanian tigers related?
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.
What category is the Tasmanian Devil in?
It is an Australian marsupial, of the group of carnivorous marsupials knowns as dasyurids. Tasmanian Devils were listed as "endangered" in May 2008.
Are wolves marsupials?
No way!Marsupials are animals with pouchesOne of Australia's extinct marsupials, the Thylacine, was commonly known as either the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf. It was, however, neither a tiger nor a wolf. It was a carnivorous marsupial, a member of the dasyurid family.
How are Tasmanian tigers born?
They were born just like other mammals and marsupials.
How are wallabies like Tasmanian tigers?
Both wallabies and Tasmanian Tigers (Thylacines) are mammals, specifically marsupials. Tasmanian Tigers are believed to be extinct, and many species of wallaby are heading in the same direction, due to man's interference.
Are Tasmanian devils carnivores herbivores or omnivores?
Tasmanian devils are carnivores. They are members of a group of animals known as dasyurids, which refers to carnivorous marsupials.
