What kind of specie is a thylacine?

Answer 1

is the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. Native to Australia and New Guinea, it is thought to have become extinct in the 20th century. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger (due to its striped back), and also known as the Tasmanian Wolf, and colloquially the Tassie (or Tazzy) Tiger or simply the Tiger. It was the last extant member of its genus, Thylacinus, although a number of related species have been found in the fossil record dating back to the early Miocene.

The Thylacine became extinct on the Australian mainland thousands of years before European settlement of the continent, but survived on the island of Tasmania along with a number of other endemic species such as the Tasmanian Devil. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributory factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its habitat. Despite being officially classified as extinct, sightings are still reported.

Like the tigers and wolves of the Northern Hemisphere, from which it inherited two of its common names, the Thylacine was a top-level predator. As a marsupial, it was not related to these placental mammals, but due to convergent evolution it displayed the same general form and adaptations. Its closest living relative is the Tasmanian Devil.

Answer 2

The last wild thylacine was captured in 1933 and died in 1936. There have been reports of sightings from its former range in Tasmania but none of these has been confirmed. Thorough searches have been undertaken without results. There are also occasional reports from the Australian mainland but these always turn out to be feral dogs. No thylacine has been on the mainland for thousands of years, the introduction of the dingo heralded its demise.

It is most likely that the thylacine is extinct but there are some wild parts of Tasmania still so a few could have survived.

By the way, "specie" is money. "Species" is the word you want, it is the same in the singular and plural.

Answer 3

As far as I can remember, the thylacine is that extinct species of kangaroo-wolf-tiger-like creatures, once found in the deserts of Australia. It has gone into extinction not so many years ago, because of frequent hunting and killing done by farmers and people whom these animals have aggravated because of their destruction of property.

Answer 4

A largish Marsupial carnivore also called the Tasmanian tiger - you could have got more info from googling it.

The last one went extinct less than a century ago. The Tasmanian lion was bigger but I believe that went extinct many thousands of years ago, maybe millions.

Don't listen to people who say its in the same family as the tiger - its less closely related to that than it is to a rabbit.

Answer 5

Commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf it was a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea.
It is now thought to be extinct..

Answer 6

if im thinking of the right animal.. is it like a tiger.. same family