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Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf: see thylacine thylacine (thī`ləsīn') or Tasmanian wolf, carnivorous marsupial , or pouched mammal, of Tasmania. ..... Click the link for more information. . Tasmanian wolfor Tasmanian tiger or thylacineExtinct, slender, fox-faced marsupial (Thylacinus cynocephalus,family Thylacinidae), 40–50 in. (100–130 cm) long. It was yellowish brown, with dark bars on the back and rump. It hunted at night for wallabies and birds. The female carried her young in a shallow pouch. Once found on the Australian mainland and New Guinea, it was confined to Tasmania in historical times, when competition with the dingo led to its disappearance from the mainland. Europeans in Tasmania hunted it to protect their sheep; the last known individual died in captivity in 1936. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Now available in paperback, Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger (Villard Books, $14. Two New York-based journalists who write about nature found in unexpected places like Manhattan have written a book based on their long-held obsession with the Tasmanian tiger. He has traveled to the rainforests of Brazil and Guyana in search of authentic specimens and to the South Pacific to sketch the extinct Tasmanian tiger in a local laboratory (6). |
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