Tasmanian Tiger

The Tasmanian Tiger (or Thyclaine) are marsupials that are predators and later went extinct. They are actually not tigers do not mistake them as one.

Appearance
The Thylacine was sandy, yellowish-brown to grey in colour and had 15 to 20 distinct dark stripes across the back from shoulders to tail. Although the large head was dog or wolf-like, the tail was stiff and the legs were relatively short. It’s body hair was dense, short and soft, to 15mm in length.

It had short ears (about 80 mm long) that were erect, rounded and covered with short fur. Jaws were large and powerful and there were 46 teeth. Adult male Thylacine were larger on average than females.

The female Thylacine had a back-opening pouch. The litter size was up to four and the young were dependent on the mother until at least half-grown. Interestingly, males also had a back-opening, partial pouch.

Predators and Prey
Tasmanian Tigers were Carnivorous and ate meat. They ate anything from Eastern Grey Kangaroo to Australian Magpies. They have unknown predators but likely did not have a lot.

Conversation
Tassie Tigers became extinct due to overhunting. They are one of the animals that sparked outrage across the globe. Some people say that commercial hunting should be illegal because of this incident.

Locations
It used to be mainland, but shrunk down to Tasmania because of hunting by europeans.