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.

2025年3月13日 · The thylacine was a slender fox-faced animal that originally inhabited the Australian mainland, New Guinea, and Tasmania. It is now extinct. It was the largest carnivorous of recent times. Having been widely hunted by European settlers, the thylacine had become rare by 1914, and the last known living specimen died in a private zoo in 1936.

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 carnivore.

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...

What is a Thylacine? 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 …

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.

2024年7月30日 · The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus, or 'dog-headed pouched-dog'), also known as the 'Tasmanian tiger' or 'Tasmanian wolf' was a carnivorous marsupial. Fossilised remains of thylacines have been found in Victoria, South A...

The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct marsupial with the appearance of a medium sized canid that was native to Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea. 1.3m (51 inches) long, 65cm (26 inches) tall.

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.

2022年12月6日 · For decades, the world thought that Benjamin—an often-photographed male thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, who died in captivity at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania—was the last surviving member...