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Thylacine

Mammals

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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
Threats
Climate Change and Severe Weather 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
No 3
Scientific Name
Thylacinus cynocephalus 3
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Dasyuromorphia, Taxa
Source Thylacine (Wikidata)
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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
  • Diet (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, was a carnivorous marsupial native to the Australian mainland, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
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2. 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.
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3. 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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