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Tasmanian Tiger, Illustration

The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped lower back) or the Tasmanian wolf. The thylacine had become extremely rare or extinct on the Australian mainland before British settlement of the continent, but it survived on the island of Tasmania along with several other endemic species, including the Tasmanian devil. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributing factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its habitat. Despite its official classification as extinct, sightings are still reported, though none has been conclusively proven. Surviving evidence suggests that it was a relatively shy, nocturnal creature with the general appearance of a medium-to-large-size dog. Taken from Genera mammalium, por Angel Cabrera. Monotremata,.

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Tasmanian Tiger, Illustration

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The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped lower back) or the Tasmanian wolf. The thylacine had become extremely rare or extinct on the Australian mainland before British settlement of the continent, but it survived on the island of Tasmania along with several other endemic species, including the Tasmanian devil. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributing factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its habitat. Despite its official classification as extinct, sightings are still reported, though none has been conclusively proven. Surviving evidence suggests that it was a relatively shy, nocturnal creature with the general appearance of a medium-to-large-size dog. Taken from Genera mammalium, por Angel Cabrera. Monotremata,

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1910S • 1919 • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • ANATOMY: SKULL • ANIMAL • ANIMALIA • ART • BONES • CARNIVORA • CARNIVORE • CARNIVORES • CARNIVOROUS • CENTURY • CHORDATA • CHORDATE • CRANEO • CRANEOS • CRANIUM • CRANIUMS • CYNOCEPHALUS • DASYURIDAE • DASYUROMORPHIA • DRAWING • EATER • EATING • EXTINCT • EXTINCTION • FAUNA • ILLUSTRATION • JAW • LOBO • MAMMAL • MAMMALIA • MAMMALIAN • MAMMALS • MARSUPIAL • MARSUPIALIA • MEAT • NIGHT • NOCTURNAL • REMAINS (SKELETON) • SKULL • SKULL, ANATOMY • SKULLS • SPECIES • TASMANIAN • THYLACINE • THYLACINUS • TIGER • TWENTIETH CENTURY • WILDLIFE • WOLF