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Despite Isolation, Tasmanian Tiger Pups Were More Like Wolves Than Other Marsupials – ScienceAlert
The thylacine has long been considered a truly remarkable species. The extinct Australian beast was a marsupial, but its skull was distinctly canine in appearance,…
The thylacine has long been considered a truly remarkable species. The extinct Australian beast was a marsupial, but its skull was distinctly canine in appearance, almost identical to the skulls of red foxes and grey wolves.
Now, new research has confirmed that this resemblance wasn’t limited to adult thylacines (Thylacinus cynocephalus) – it was present even in the skulls of newborn pups, and persisted throughout the animal’s lifespan.
The finding could shed more light on how different animals…
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