🌷Information🌷
Species Name: Tasmanian Tiger
Scientific Name: Thylacinus Cynocephalus
Species Status: Extinct
Life Span: 5-7 or up to 9 years in captivity
Family: Thylacindae
Diet: Carnivore
Weight: 33-66 lbs or 15-30 kilograms
☁️Facts☁️
- It's scientific name means "Dog Headed Pouched One" (It may not be the exact meaning)
- They were declared extinct in 1986
- The last known Tasmanian tiger died in 1936
- They had 15-20 stripes and they were all different from the next
- Their natural habitat were in north New Guinea, Australia, and South to Tasmania
- They were marsupial (Marsupial: a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly)
- They ate other marsupials like Kangaroo's. They also ate small rodents, birds, and reportedly preyed on sheep
- Both female and male Tasmanian tigers had a pouch
- Their pouch can carry 4 babies
- Their young depended on their mother's until they were at least half grown
🌕Credits🌕
Google
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/extinct-animals/
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/the-thylacine/
https://onekindplanet.org/animal/tasmanian-tiger/
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