Have You Seen a Thylacine?
Is it the extinction of the Thylacine?
As the devil and Thylacine are similar,
While the Thylacine was extant,
So if they were asked,“ Have you seen a Thylacine lately?”.
Janis said the Thylacine's hunting tactics appear to be a unique mix.
Before the extinction of the Thylacine, the Tasmanian devil ate Thylacine joeys
a few carnivores survived, including the ancestors of the quoll and Thylacine.
Most accept that human activity disrupted Thylacine habitat and perhaps its food sources as well.
Thylacines preyed on devils, and devils attacked Thylacine young;
devils may have hastened the Thylacine's extinction.
The last known Thylacine, said to be named“Benjamin,” died at a zoo in Hobart in 1936.
Before the extinction of the Thylacine, the Tasmanian devil ate Thylacine joeys
left alone in dens when their parents were away.
As most of their prey died of the cold, only
a few carnivores survived, including the ancestors of the quoll and Thylacine.
As the devil and Thylacine are similar,
the extinction of the co-existing Thylacine species has been cited as evidence for an analogous history for the devils.
In terms of hunting,
the increased arm and hand movement would have given the Thylacine a greater capability of subduing its quarry after a surprise attack.
While the Thylacine was extant,
apart from hunting devils, it may also have put pressure on the devil for survival, by competing for scarce food and dens; both animals sought caves and burrows.
To make their case, they turned to the Thylacine's skeleton and compared it with those of dog-like and cat-like species,
from pumas and panthers to jackals and wolves, as well as hyenas and Tasmanian devils, the largest living carnivorous marsupials.