thylacine; Tasmanian wolf A large carnivorous marsupial that resembles a dog and has brownish fur and black stripes across the back. It was once widespread throughout Australia, but it is now thought to be extinct. Native to Tasmania. Latin name Thylacinus cynocephalus.
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Carnivorous marsupial
Thylacinus cynocephalus, in the family Dasyuridae. It is doglike in appearance with a long tail, characteristic dark stripes on back and hindquarters, and measures nearly 2 m/6 ft from nose to tail tip. It was hunted to probable extinction in the 1930s, the last known Tasmanian wolf dying in Hobart Zoo, ...
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