Mammals · Dasyuromorphia · Thylacinidae
Thylacine
Thylacinus cynocephalus
Extinct
No living individual remains anywhere in the world.
The thylacine was the largest carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It looked like a medium-sized dog with some fifteen dark bands across its back, a stiff tail and a jaw that could open almost 90 degrees. It disappeared from mainland Australia some 3,000 years ago, probably through competition with the dingo, and was left confined to Tasmania. There it was exterminated by stock farmers with the help of official bounties per head. The last known individual died in Hobart Zoo in 1936.
Weight
15 kg – 30 kg
Size
1 m – 1.3 m
Life expectancy
7 years
