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Thylacines are extinct. Prior to their extinction, the young joeys crawled into the pouch to continue their development, having been born undeveloped like other marsupials. The joeys were then carried in the pouch until they were old enough to be left in a den.

Male Thylacines were unusual in that they, too, had a pouch. This was to protect their reproductive organs as they ran through the thick undergrowth.

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Do female Thylacines carry pouches to hold their young?

Thylacines are extinct. Prior to their extinction, however, the females did carry their young in a pouch, like all marsupials.


When will the thylacine live its mother?

Baby thylacines stayed in their mother's pouch for about three months before leaving. They would then stay in the den while the mother hunted for several more months.


How long is a baby thylacine in the womb?

Thylacines no longer reproduce are they are now extinct. Being marsupials, the baby Thylacine joeys would have been no larger than about 2cm long at birth. Most of their development occurred in the female's pouch.


How and where did Thylacines live?

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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).


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