Thylacine - Wikipedia
The thylacine (/ ˈ θ aɪ l ə s iː n /; binomial name Thylacinus cynocephalus), also commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea.
Thylacine | Size, Photo, Sightings, & Cloning | Britannica
2024年10月26日 · A slender fox-faced animal that hunted at night for wallabies and birds, the thylacine was 100 to 130 cm (39 to 51 inches) long, including its 50- to 65-cm (20- to 26-inch) tail. Its weight ranged from 15 to 30 kg (33 to 66 pounds), but …
Reports of Tasmanian tiger sightings come by the thousands as …
2024年6月30日 · In Tasmania—a teardrop of an island under the eye of the Australian mainland—there's the thylacine… a creature, as we first reported in April, that brings out folklore... and folks armed with...
Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in efforts to bring back …
2024年10月20日 · It's been decades since Australia's thylacine, known as the Tasmanian tiger, was declared extinct and scientists say they've made a breakthrough as they research ways to bring back the...
Long-extinct Tasmanian tiger may still be alive and prowling the ...
2023年5月12日 · Tasmanian tigers, also known as thylacines (Thylacinus cynocephalus) were carnivorous marsupials with distinctive stripes on their lower back. The species was originally found across Australia...
Tasmanian tiger: Facts about the extinct thylacine - Live Science
2024年8月30日 · The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that once roamed Australia (including the island of Tasmania) and New Guinea.
Thylacine - The Australian Museum
The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus: dog-headed pouched-dog) is a large carnivorous marsupial now believed to be extinct. It was the only member of the family Thylacinidae to survive into modern times. It is also known as the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf.
Remembering the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine - Natural History …
The Tasmanian tiger, also called the thylacine, was a meat-eating marsupial that was driven extinct by European colonisers. It once lived across mainland Australia and New Guinea, but its range was limited to the island of Tasmania by the time of British occupation.
The controversial quest to bring back the Tasmanian tiger
2023年6月20日 · The Tasmanian tiger is alive. Not literally alive—there hasn’t been a verified sighting of Australia ’s iconic marsupial predator for close to a century—but alive in imagination, in memory, in...
The Thylacine Museum - A Natural History of the Tasmanian Tiger
The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) is the only species of the marsupial family Thylacinidae to exist into modern times. It is commonly referred to as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, but being a marsupial, it is neither a tiger or a wolf in any true sense.