Thylacinus

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Noun1.Thylacinus - Tasmanian wolfThylacinus - Tasmanian wolf      
genus Thylacinus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae - dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils
Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf, thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus - rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
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In spite of their small size, with the extinction of the marsupial wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus) it became the largest living carnivorous marsupial.
Comparative Analysis of Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography and Behavioral Ecology in Australian Marsupials/Analisis Comparativo de la Topografia de las Celulas Ganglionares de la Retina y Ecologia del Comportamiento en Marsupiales Australianos
It is worth noting that just one other canid (gray wolf, Canis lupus) is listed on CITES Appendix I, which protects several other notoriously threatened species, including giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), red panda (Ailurus fulgens), elephants (Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana), gorillas (Gorilla spp.), chimpanzees (Pan spp.), and Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which is possibly extinct (CITES, 2012).
A review of bush dog speothos venaticus (Lund, 1842) (Carnivora, Canidae) occurrences in Parana state, subtropical Brazil/Revisao dos registros de ocorrencia do cachorro-do-mato-vinagre Speothos venaticus (Lund, 1842) (Carnivora, Canidae), no Estado do Parana, Brasil subtropical
An automated camera was used as a tool in the fruitless search for the Tasmanian Tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus.
The earliest known camera trapping in Australia: a record from Victoria
2009 The Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus).
Frankenzebra: dangerous knowledge and the narrative construction of monsters
Indeed, Thylacinus cynocephalus has been identified in Arnhem Land rock art based on overall form rather than just the presence of stripes (Murray and Chaloupka 1984).
Dating the Dreaming: extinct fauna in the petroglyphs of the Pilbara region, Western Australia
Four of the five large Tasmanian taxa were recorded, with the Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) the only large animal not identified.
Preliminary zooarchaeological interpretations from Kutikina Cave, south-west Tasmania
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), is a wolf-like carnivorous marsupial last reported in the 1930s in Tasmania, an island state of Australia.
If the Tasmanian tiger were found, what should we do? An interdisciplinary guide to endangered species recovery. (cases)
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