The Marsupial Lion, also known as Thylacoleo or Queensland tiger, is the largest of carnivorous marsupials, about the size of a Jaguar. It is descended from Thylacoleos that survived and remained unchanged since the Pleistocene. It is known to hunt and feed on wallabies, kangaroos, common wombats, marsupial tapirs, marsupial pandas, flatnose giant wombats, bonycheek giant wombats, pignose giant wombats, young Jack's giant wombat, young marsupial hippos, introduced wild pigs, young introduced water buffaloes, introduced camels, introduced rodents, young demon ducks, lizards, and carrion. It is indigenous to woodlands, grasslands, and outbacks of Australia.
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