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The thylacine could open its jaws to an unusual extent: up to 80 degrees. The thylacine was able to open its jaws to an unusual extent: up to 80 degrees. [46] This capability can be seen in part in David Fleay's short black-and-white film sequence of a captive thylacine from 1933. The jaws were muscular, and had 46 teeth, but studies show the ...
The only species to survive into modern times was the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which became extinct in 1936. The consensus of authors prior to 1982 was that the thylacinid family were related to the Borhyaenidae , a group of South American predators, also extinct, that exhibited many similar characteristics of dentition.
Vervet monkey consuming a human beverage (in this case non-alcoholic). Some vervet monkeys in the Caribbean, particularly teenaged individuals, exhibit a preference for alcoholic beverages over non-alcoholic ones, a taste which likely developed due to the availability of fermented sugar cane juice from local plantations. [2]
Thanks for looking it over. I fixed most of your suggestions. The observations in the 20th century could be abnormal behaviour because the dwindling numbers and external pressures may have forced it to adopt new behaviours - I've reworded it to hopefully make it clearer without running on too much. As for linked/unlinked years, I've given up.
Wet specimens are whole animals, organs or body parts that have been preserved in either alcohol or formalin. Specimens of the thylacine are spread extensively around the globe so the search to locate these specimens was from the outset an international search involving a total of 106 museum, university and private collections in 23 countries.
Domestication has been defined as "a sustained multi-generational, mutualistic relationship in which one organism assumes a significant degree of influence over the reproduction and care of another organism in order to secure a more predictable supply of a resource of interest, and through which the partner organism gains advantage over individuals that remain outside this relationship ...
The skulls of the thylacine (left) and the grey wolf, Canis lupus, are similar, although the species are only very distantly related (different infraclasses).The skull shape of the red fox, Vulpes vulpes, is even closer to that of the thylacine. [1]
It preceded the most recent species of thylacine by 4–6 million years, [2] and was 5% bigger, [3] was more robust and had a shorter, broader skull. Its size is estimated to be similar to that of a grey wolf ; the head and body together were around 5 feet long, and its teeth were less adapted for shearing compared to those of the now-extinct ...