The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, was a carnivorous marsupial native to the Australian mainland, Tasmania, and New Guinea. Despite its dog-like appearance it was not a canine but the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It was hunted to extinction on the Australian mainland in ancient times and survived only in Tasmania into the twentieth century, where the last known individual died in captivity in 1936. It was officially declared extinct by the IUCN in 1982 and by the Tasmanian government in 1986.
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Classification
System (Realm) ThreatsClimate Change and Severe Weather 3 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific NameThylacinus cynocephalus 4 Conservation Status Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Comparison
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Child Taxon Of
Source Thylacine (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Thylacinus cynocephalus
In Ecosystem
Source Thylacine (Wikipedia)
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1. Thylacine (Wikipedia)
Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
e but the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It was hunted to extinction on the Australian mainland in ancient times and survived only in Tasmania in
Introduction
The thylacine ( THY-luh-seen; Thylacinus cynocephalus), also commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf or marsupial wolf, is an extinct species of carnivorous marsupial native to the Australian mainland, Tasmania and New Guinea.
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It was a nocturnal and crepuscular hunter
Infobox: status2
CITES_A1
In Ecosystem: Heath, Feeding and diet
It tended to retreat to the hills and forest for shelter during the day and hunted in the open heath at night.
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Thylacinus cynocephalus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyReproduction, lifespan
Range lifespan Status: captivity 12.6 (high) years
Behavior and biology text
This was thought to be because Tasmanian wolves are half blinded by the sunlight; most of the time during the brightest part of the day they would retreat to their inner dens (as depicted by both ancient mummified remains from coastal caves, and captive habitats) where they would curl up like a dog, however they would also seek out sunlight on occasion to bask in, a truly strange characteristic for a semi-nocturnal animal.
Habitat Regions, Thylacinus cynocephalus
Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
In Biome: Temperate Rainforest, Habitat Regions, biome: rainforest
rainforest rainforest
View the Source 3. Wikipedia: Thylacine
threat (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)Quote, threat (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
Intensive hunting on Tasmania is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributing factors were disease, the introduction of and competition with dingoes, human encroachment into its habitat and climate change.
4. Thylacine (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q123102 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): extinct.
- Child Taxon Of: Dasyuromorphia, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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