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		Tasmanian Wildlife - Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger ^Votes:0 Search \| Contact Us \| Enquiries \| Links \| Help Home Visitor's Guide The Nature Of Tasmania Wildlife of Tasmania Plants of Tasmania The Shaping of Tasmania Threatened Species Fire Ecology Outdoor Recreation Exploring the Past Services & Management Education Latest News & Media Releases Employment Bushfire Management Volunteering & Community Partnerships WildCare Publications Fact Sheets Permits & Forms Where's Tasmania? Caring for Wildlife Living with Wildlife Threatening Processes Wildlife Slide Show Mammals Birds Reptiles Frogs Wildlife of Tasmania Mammals of Tasmania Thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus The thylacine is one of the most fabled animals in the world. Yet, despite its fame, it is one of the least understood of Tasmania's native animals. European settlers we Read More Go to Site


		2007 IUCN Red List – Search ^Votes:0 About IUCN Our work Commissions Members Regions Stay informed Get involved Red List Home Search Expert Search Help Save Species Introduction Partners & Credits Red List Overview Data Organization Summary Statistics Sources & Quality Categories & Criteria Classification Schemes Photo Gallery References Publications & Links FAQs Feedback User Log In Sponsors Thylacinus cynocephalus – Extinct Summary Classification Schemes Images & External Links Bibliography Full Account Taxonomy Kingdom: ANIMALIA Phylum: CHORDATA Class: MAMMALIA Order: DASYUROMORPHIA Family: THYLACINIDAE Common Name/s: TASMANIAN TIGER (Eng) TASMANIAN WOLF (Eng) THYLACINE (Eng, Fre) LOUP MARSUPIAL (Fre) LOBO DE TASAMANIA (Spa) LOBO MARSUPIAL (Spa) Species Authority: (Harris, 1808) Assessment Information Red List Catego Read More Go to Site

		ADW: Thylacinus cynocephalus: Information ^Votes:0 Overview News Technology Conditions of Use Privacy Policy Partners & Contributors Awards & Recognition ADW Staff Contact Us Spinning Skulls About Mammals Frog Calls Resources for College Instructors Resources for K-12 Instructors Contribute to ADW What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank, and Serial Number Organismal classification: evolutionary relationships & ranks Glossary Search Guide Related Links Contact Us Report an Error Structured Inquiry Search — preview Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Order Dasyuromorphia Family Thylacinidae Species Thylacinus cynocephalus Thylacinus cynocephalus Tasmanian wolf (Also: thylacine) Information Pictures Specimens Classification 2007/11/19 08:06:55.820 US/Eastern B Read More Go to Site

		Australia's Lost Kingdoms - Dickson's Thylacine ^Votes:0 Australia's Lost Kingdoms Australia's reptiles, birds and mammals from the Cretaceous to the present Australia's Lost Kingdoms site sections Australia's Lost Kingdoms home In this section Cretaceous Eocene Early to middle Miocene Late Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene Holocene Dickson's Thylacine (Nimbacinus dicksoni) Dickson's Thylacine. Illustration: © A Musser. Lived: 23-16 million years ago (early Miocene) Size: Length (head and body): 50cm Description: Dickon's Thylacine was a predator that ate small and medium-sized mammals, reptiles and birds. Instead of being a fast runner, it may have tired out its prey in long chases. Dickson's Thylacine is closely related to the Tasmanian Thylacine, which became extinct during the 20th century. Its closest living relatives are now dasyurid marsupials Read More Go to Site

		Australia's Lost Kingdoms - Powerful Thylacine ^Votes:0 Australia's Lost Kingdoms Australia's reptiles, birds and mammals from the Cretaceous to the present Australia's Lost Kingdoms site sections Australia's Lost Kingdoms home In this section Cretaceous Eocene Early to middle Miocene Late Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene Holocene Powerful Thylacine (Thylacinus potens) Powerful Thylacine. Illustration: Copyright © A Musser. Lived: 8 million years ago (late Miocene) Size: Length (head and body): 1.5m Description: Several kinds of thylacine have lived in Australia during the past 25 million years; the Powerful Thylacine was the largest of them all. It was also the largest meat-eating marsupial of its time. The death of the last known Thylacine in Hobart Zoo, in 1936, marked the end of thylacines for all time. Today, the closest living relatives of th Read More Go to Site

		Australia's Lost Kingdoms - Tasmanian Thylacine ^Votes:0 Australia's Lost Kingdoms Australia's reptiles, birds and mammals from the Cretaceous to the present Australia's Lost Kingdoms site sections Australia's Lost Kingdoms home In this section Cretaceous Eocene Early to middle Miocene Late Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene Holocene Tasmanian Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus ) Lived: 4 million years ago (early Pliocene) to 1936 Size: Length (head to body): 1m Description: The Tasmanian Thylacine is often called the Tasmanian Tiger because of its striped coat, and because in historical times it lived only in Tasmania. But up until 2000 years ago, the Tasmanian Thylacine could be found in open forests and woodlands right across mainland Australia and even in New Guinea. The Tasmanian Thylacine was a meat-eater that hunted wallabies and other mammals, Read More Go to Site

		endangered animals - reports ^Votes:0 Reports Decatur High School Tasmanian Wolf Common Name: Tasmanian Wolf Scientific Name: Thylacinus cynocephalus Animal's Status: Scientists believe it to be extinct but yearly dozen unconfirmed sightings in remote areas of the state. Family: Marsupial What is the animal's habitat? open forests and coastal scrub habitats Where is the animal's habitat? Formally ranged over all of mainland Australia and Tasmania. Animal's description: The Tiger was about five feet long, and had light brown fur with dark stipes across its lower back. The number of stripes varied between thirteen and twenty-one. The stripes extended onto the tail and one reached down the outside of the thigh. The belly was a creamy color. The tail was not like that of a dog but more and extension of the body like that of a kang Read More Go to Site

		Mammals » Marsupials » Tasmanian Tiger Main Page ^Votes:0 2,234 Animals Online Today Home Central Mammals Page Central Marsupials Page Tasmanian Tiger (you are here) Common Name: Tasmanian Tiger Related Pages: More Photos Articles & Stories Books Magazines Clubs Breeders Pet Products Pet Webcams Links Page Printer Friendly Corrections Tell a Friend Related Searches: Site Search Search Forums Search the Web Veterinarians Pet Shops Pet Adoptions Service Providers More Stuff: Go to Forums Mammals eCards Subscribe Pet Categories: Mammals Birds Fish & More Reptiles & More Insects & More Tasmanian Tiger Anonymous Contributor More Photos / Submit a Photo Common Name: Tasmanian Tiger Other Common Names: Thylacine Scientific Name: Thylacinus cyanocephaplus (Full Taxonomy) Group: Origin or Range: Tasmania Relative Size: Much Larger Than Ave Read More Go to Site

		National Thylacine Day ^Votes:0 The last one The last Thylacine in captivity died on 7 September 1936. This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of that occasion. During the last 20 000 years, the Thylacine was the largest carnivorous marsupial, so it played an important role as the top predator in its food web. Fossils of Thylacines in Western Australia Thylacines once roamed widely within Western Australia. Bones have been found at two sites in the north Kimberley and Exmouth. Other evidence of Thylacines is in the rock art of the Pilbara. Conditions in caves of the southern half of the state have favoured the preservation of fossils. In the south-west, Thylacine remains have been located in numerous caves. To the east, many other specimens, some with mummified tissue, have been recorded. These animals have been carbon Read More Go to Site

		The UnMuseum - Tasmanian Tiger ^Votes:0 The Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger More than 60 years ago, in a chain-link cage at the Hobart Zoo, in Australia, a creature with a five foot long, low dog-like body died. Its death marked the extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger. Maybe. Ever since that specimen died in captivity, there have been sporadic but unconfirmed reports of tigers being sighted in the wilds near their old habitats. In 1995, a park ranger spotted what looked like a Tasmanian Tiger in the Pyengana region of Tasmania. Two years later, villagers in two remote mountain towns on the island of Irian Jaya, Indonesia, reported a pack of six or seven of the creatures were attacking the villager's chickens and pigs. A hundred years ago the tigers (which are not cats at all, but marsupial wolves) were common on the Island of Tasmania Read More Go to Site

		thylacine — FactMonster.com ^Votes:0 Home World & News U.S. People Word Wise Science Math & Money Sports Cool Stuff Games & Quizzes Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Thanksgiving Say Thank You Advent Hanukkah Pearl Harbor Day Campaign 2008 Presidential Factfile International Space Station Most Polluted Places in the World Harry Potter Page Ranger's Apprentice NFL Team Profiles Fact Monster Blog! Science Projects Daylight Saving Time 2007 Calendar 2008 Calendar Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia FunBrain Encyclopedia thylacine thylacine (thī'l u sīn") [ key ] or Tasmanian wolf, carnivorous marsupial , or pouched mammal, of Tasmania. The thylacine is often cited as an example of convergent evolution: It is superficially quite similar to a wolf or dog, al Read More Go to Site

		thylacine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 ^Votes:0 Select Search ----- All Bartleby.com ----- All Reference ----- Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Brewer's Phrase & Fable Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough ----- All Verse ----- Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordswo Read More Go to Site

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