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The thylacine is now extinct. However, some of its unique characteristics were:
- It was a dasyurid, or carnivorous marsupial, which could open its jaws to 120 degrees, which is wider than any other mammal can open its jaws.
- The female had a pouch (being a marsupial) for the purpose of nurturing the young joeys. However, the male also had a pouch which protected his reproductive organs when he ran through the thick undergrowth of the Tasmanian wilderness.
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What mammal and marsupial characteristics did the thylacine possess?
The thylacine had fur, was warm-blooded, fed its young with milk, and gave live birth, making it a mammal.The thylacine gave birth to its young very undeveloped, so they had to attach to the mother's nipple, after being born, in order to gain the necessary nutrients. The thylacine had a pouch in which the young were protected. These characteristics made it a marsupial. The thylacine was one of only two marsupials where both the males and the females had pouches. However, the male's pouch was for the purpose of proteins its genitals, not for nurturing the joeys. Like other marsupials, the female thylacine had two vaginas, or what are called paired lateral vaginae. These were for the purpose of transporting the sperm to the womb, but there was a midline pseudovaginal canal for actually giving birth. As well as two vaginas and two uteruses, female thylacines, like other marsupials, had two fallopian tubes and two cervixes.
What were the thylacine's characteristics?
The Thylacine was a carnivorous marsupial, or dasyurid. It fed 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.
What is the scientific name for a thylacine?
Thylacinus cynocephalus. It means "thylacine with a dog's head."
How should you improve the life of a thylacine?
It is too late to improve the life of a Thylacine. The last known Thylacine died in 1936.
Is the Tasmanian tiger different as a baby?
Like all marsupials, the Tasmanian tiger (or Thylacine) joeys were born extremely undeveloped, being small, pink, hairless and blind. At birth they bore little resemblance to the adult Thylacine, but gradually took on their characteristics as they developed in the pouch.
When did the thylacine exist?
The Thylacine existed up until the early part of the 20th century. The last known Thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo in September 1936.
Is Thylacine species or subspecies of animals?
Thylacine was a species. Its species name was "Thylacinus cynocephalus".
How did the thylacine protect itself?
The Thylacine's best defence was its sharp teeth, and its ability to run quickly.
What is endangered for the Thylacine Tasmanian tiger?
The Thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, is extinct; therefore nothing is endangered for it.
What Type of organism was the thylacine?
A Thylacine was a consumer, and a mammal, specifically a carnivorous marsupial known as a dasyurid.
Is a thylacine a man eater?
No. There is no record of a single thylacine - which is now extinct - ever harming a person.
Does the thylacine stay with its young?
The Thylacine is now extinct. When the Thylacine was still in existence, the female was a dedicated mother, like all marsupials. The young Thylacine joeys stayed in the mother's pouch until they were old enough to be transferred to a den, where the mother continued to look after them.
