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The Thylacine was commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger - a misnomer, because the creature was not a tiger, but a marsupial.

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What do wolves and thylacines have in common?

Wloves and thylacines have nothing in common apart from both being carnivorous members of the mammal family, and thereby sharing characteristics of mammals. This is where they begin to depart, however, as the wolf is a placental mammal and the thylacine was a marsupial (it is now extinct).


What is a a thylacines Breed?

The common name for this large marsupial mammal is the Tasmanian Tiger. Listed as extinct there have been people who claim there have been sightings, lending to the belief by some that the designation is incorrect.


How and where did Thylacines live?

They don't. Thylacines are extinct. Prior to their extinction, Thylacines (also known as Tasmanian tigers) lived in grasslands and bushland of Tasmania. There is also fossil evidence indicating that they lived on the Australian mainland.


What is the name for a group of baby marsupials specifically what would they have called newborn Thylacines I know they're supposedly extinct but surely they had a name for them?

Newborn and young Thylacines were called joeys. This is the name given to the young of all marsupials. Although the Thylacine was also commonly called either a Tasmanian tiger or a Tasmanian wolf, its young were not called cubs.


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).


How many Thylacines are living?

Supposedly extinct. But reports of thylacines still come in from time to time, as does some interesting videos. However, none of these have been verified.


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.


Where did the tazmanian wolf live?

Thylacines lived on the island of Tasmania.


What ate the haast eagle?

The Haast's Eagle Did Not Have Any Predators Because There Was No Thylacines Or Dingoes. Their Only Predator Was Humans. But They Did Not Have Any "Natural" Predators Until Dogs And Cats Appeared. Humans Today Are Not Described As Natural. If Thylacines Did Appear. The Thylacine Would Eat The Haast's Eagle. But Thylacines Are Possibly Extinct. Thylacines Though Have Been Belived To Be Still Alive Today And To Be The Most Endangered Animal In The World. Haast's Eagles Are Now Extinct.


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.


Is a Tasmanian wolf endangered?

Tasmanian wolves (Thylacines) became extinct in 1936


Why dos a thylacine yawn?

thylacines yawn to warn there young to stay away.