When did the Tasmanian wolf exist?

Answer 1

The correct name for the Tasmanian wolf is Thylacine. It is also known as the Tasmanian tiger. This marsupial was, of course, discovered by indigenous Australians centuries ago. This is known through ancient cave paintings.

In 1642 Abel Tasman became the first to make note of the Thylacine. He recorded that one of his crewmen had found "footprints not ill-resembling the claws of a tiger" on the shores of Van Diemen's Land. Therefore it is best to say it is unknown who first discovered it, but Abel Tasman is credited with the discovery.

In April 1805 William Paterson, the Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania, sent a detailed description of the Thylacine for publication in the Sydney Gazette after an animal had been killed by dogs. At the time, he described it as "an animal of a truly singular and nouvel description".

The first detailed scientific description of the animal was made three years later by Tasmania's Deputy Surveyor-General, George Harris.

Answer 2

The correct name for the Tasmanian tiger is Thylacine. It is also known as the Tasmanian wolf. This marsupial was, of course, discovered by indigenous Australians centuries ago. This is known through ancient cave paintings.

In 1642 Abel Tasman became the first to make note of the Thylacine. He recorded that a crewman by the name of Jacobszoon had found "footprints not ill-resembling the claws of a tiger" on the shores of Van Diemen's Land.

The first actual, confirmed sighting came in 1792 when an actual Tasmanian tiger was seen by French naturalist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière.

In April 1805 William Paterson, the Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania, sent a detailed description of the Thylacine for publication in the Sydney Gazette after an animal had been killed by dogs.

The first detailed scientific description of the animal was made three years later by Tasmania's Deputy Surveyor-General, George Harris.

Answer 3

The correct name for the Tasmanian tiger is Thylacine. It is also known as the Tasmanian wolf. This marsupial was, of course, discovered by indigenous Australians centuries ago. This is known through ancient cave paintings.

In 1642 Abel Tasman became the first to make note of the Thylacine. He recorded that crewman Jacobszoon had found "footprints not ill-resembling the claws of a [tyger]" on the shores of Van Diemen's Land.

The first actual sighting occurred in 1772, when French ship the Mascarin arrived in Tasmania. Explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne claimed he saw a "tiger cat", but it is possible this was the spotted tiger quoll. Then, on 13 May 1792, French naturalist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière made what is considered to be the first definitive sighting of the Tasmanian tiger.

In April 1805 William Paterson, the Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania, sent a detailed description of the Thylacine for publication in the Sydney Gazette after an animal had been killed by dogs.

Answer 4

The correct name for the Tasmanian wolf was Thylacine.

The early European settlers in Tasmania had little understanding of Australia's unique animal life, and wherever possible, related the animals to creatures with which they were familiar. The reason the thylacine was often referred to as the Tasmanian wolf was because, to the early settlers, it resembled a large, long dog-like animal which, being a carnivore, had to be a wolf as far as they were concerned.

This animal was also often called a Tasmanian tiger. This was because it had a vague resemblance to a small tiger by its colouring. Its fur was grey-brown (not orange, as sometimes depicted), and it had up to 16 black or brown stripes on its back, predominantly at the tail end.
The name of "tiger" was first suggested by Dutch crewman Jacobszoon who was aboard Abel Tasman's ship when he discovered Tasmania in 1642, naming it Van Diemen's Land. As several crew explored the island, Jacobszoon described seeing "footprints not ill-resembling the claws of a [tyger]". Once convicts arrived in Tasmania after 1804, they referred to the "native tiger", and the name grew from there, even though early free settlers referred to the "marsupial wolf".

Answer 5

The correct name for the Tasmanian wolf is Thylacine. It is also known as the Tasmanian tiger. This marsupial was, of course, discovered by indigenous Australians centuries ago. This is known through ancient cave paintings.

In 1642 Abel Tasman became the first to make note of the Thylacine. He recorded that crewman Jacobszoon had found "footprints not ill-resembling the claws of a [tyger]" on the shores of Van Diemen's Land.

The first actual sighting occurred in 1772, when French ship the Mascarin arrived in Tasmania. Explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne claimed he saw a "tiger cat", but it is possible this was the spotted tiger quoll. Then, on 13 May 1792, French naturalist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière made what is considered to be the first definitive sighting of the Tasmanian tiger.

In April 1805 William Paterson, the Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania, sent a detailed description of the Thylacine for publication in the Sydney Gazette after an animal had been killed by dogs.

Answer 6

The Tasmanian wolf, more correctly known as the Thylacine (and sometimes the Tasmanian tiger), is believed to be extinct; therefore it is not found anywhere.

It was found in Tasmania, the island state of Australia located off the southeast coast of the continent until European settlement caused its extinction. Tasmanian wolves, or Thylacines, were once prevalent on the Australian mainland. It is thought that the introduction of the Dingo by the Australian Aborigines caused its extinction on the mainland because of the increased competition for food, or else it was affected by climate change.

Answer 7

The Thylacine, which is the proper name for the Tasmanian wolf / tasmanian tiger, was alive up until the twentieth century. The last known specimen of the Thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo on 7 September 1936.

Answer 8

Thylacinus cynocephalus

Note that this is the scientific name for the Thylacine, which is also sometimes known as the Tasmanian tiger or, erroneously, the Tasmanian wolf.