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The Tasmanian tiger, the proper name for which is the Thylacine, was a carnivorous marsupial predator (or dasyurid) that lived in the Australian island state of Tasmania. Horses are not marsupials, but placental mammals.
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What family is the Tasmanian tiger related to?
The now-extinct Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine) was a dasyurid, or carnivorous marsupial. It was distantly related to the quoll and the Tasmanian devil.It was neither a wolf nor a tiger.
Is the Tasmanian tiger in the cats family?
Neither. The Tasmanian tiger (actually the thylacine) was a marsupial; that puts it in whole separate subclass from dogs and cats, which are placentals. The thylacine occupied the ecological niche which is filled in other places by placental predators. All of the animals mentioned are mammals, but that's about as closely as they're related.
Where can you find information about the Tasmanian tiger?
Information about the Tasmanian Tiger, also known as the Thylacine, can be found at the related links below.
What are the adaptations of the Australian tiger?
There is no such creature as an Australian tiger, and there are no members of the cat family native to Australia. There was once a marsupial mistakenly called a Tasmanian Tiger, which died out in the 1930s, but this animal was not a member of the tiger family, or even remotely related.
What kind of relationships does the Tasmanian tiger have with other species?
The Tasmanian Tiger is related to the Tasmanian Devil. It had Kangaroo like features, too.
Is a tiger a marsupial?
The tiger is not a marsupial. It is a placvental mammal. The now-extinct "Tasmanian tiger" was a marsupial, but it was not a member of the tiger family. Its real name was "thylacine" and it was only given the designation of Tasmanian tiger because of its stripes.
Is a tiger a marsupials?
The tiger is not a marsupial. It is a placvental mammal. The now-extinct "Tasmanian tiger" was a marsupial, but it was not a member of the tiger family. Its real name was "thylacine" and it was only given the designation of Tasmanian tiger because of its stripes.
Were Tasmanian tigers carnivorous marsupials?
Yes. The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was a carnivorous marsupial, of the dasyurid family.
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 habitat was the Tasmanian tiger in?
The habitat of the Tasmanian tiger is Australia
What is a tasmanian dog?
There is no species called a Tasmanian dog. There is the Tasmanian devil, which is a marsupial about the size of a dog, with very strong jaws. There is also the Thylacine, another carnivorous marsupial which is variously known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf, although it is neither tiger nor wolf, and not related to either.
Is the Tasmanian tiger warmblooded?
yes the tasmanian tiger is warm blooded
