Facts about Marsupial Lion

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   Weighing an estimated 100 to 160 kilograms, the marsupial lion was the largest marsupial carnivore known to have existed.

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   Uniquely among marsupials, the marsupial lion had large, blade-like premolar teeth that functioned as carnassials for slicing meat.

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   Fossil evidence of the marsupial lion has been found across much of the Australian continent, including cave deposits in South Australia and Western Australia.

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   Australia's marsupial lion had retractable claws, a feature highly unusual among marsupials and more commonly associated with placental carnivores like cats.

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   Thylacoleo carnifex possessed the most powerful bite force relative to body size of any known mammal, living or extinct.

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   The marsupial lion, Thylacoleo carnifex, was a large predatory marsupial that lived in Australia and went extinct roughly 40,000 years ago.

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