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The Thylacine's scientific name is Thylacinus cynocephalus, and it is from this that the marsupial gained its common name. The genus Thylacinus was derived from the modern Latin Thylacinus (genus name), which came from the Greek thulakos, meaning 'pouch'. Both males and females had a pouch: the female's pouch was for e purpose of nurturing the young joeys, while the male's pouch was to protect his reproductive organs as he ran through the dense bushland of his habitat.

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