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How are the Tasmanian wolf and the gray wolf related?

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They are not related. They are both mammals, and that is where the similarity ends.

Thylacines (the correct name for Tasmanian wolves) were marsupials. They are now extinct. They had a pouch in which the young developed after birth.
Gray wolves are placental mammals. They have a longer gestation period than thylacines, and the young are much more developed when born.

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