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What is the scientific name for a thylacine?
Thylacinus cynocephalus. It means "thylacine with a dog's head."
How should you improve the life of a thylacine?
It is too late to improve the life of a Thylacine. The last known Thylacine died in 1936.
Did the thylacine start naturally or did humans interbreed it?
The Thylacine, also commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, was completely natural. This marsupial, the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, lived in Australia for thousands of years before Man ever arrived. It was the only species of its family 'Thylacinidae' to survive into modern times.
What does the thylacine do to survive?
It doesn't. The Thylacine is extinct. prior to its extinction, the thylacine, also known by the misleading names of Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, was a nocturnal carnivorous marsupial. It hunted by stealth and hid away during the day, although the animal was certainly sighted during daytime. It was fast on its feet, and well camouflaged for its habitat. It survived very nicely until Man hunted it to extinction in the 1800s and early 1900s.
When did the thylacine exist?
The Thylacine existed up until the early part of the 20th century. The last known Thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo in September 1936.
Is Thylacine species or subspecies of animals?
Thylacine was a species. Its species name was "Thylacinus cynocephalus".
What Type of organism was the thylacine?
A Thylacine was a consumer, and a mammal, specifically a carnivorous marsupial known as a dasyurid.
How did the thylacine protect itself?
The Thylacine's best defence was its sharp teeth, and its ability to run quickly.
What is endangered for the Thylacine Tasmanian tiger?
The Thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, is extinct; therefore nothing is endangered for it.
Is a thylacine a man eater?
No. There is no record of a single thylacine - which is now extinct - ever harming a person.
Does the thylacine stay with its young?
The Thylacine is now extinct. When the Thylacine was still in existence, the female was a dedicated mother, like all marsupials. The young Thylacine joeys stayed in the mother's pouch until they were old enough to be transferred to a den, where the mother continued to look after them.
Does the Tasmanian coat of arms have a thylacine because it symbolises the extinction?
No. The Tasmanian Coat of Arms was approved by King George V in 1917, prior to the extinction of the Thylacine. The Thylacine is believed to have been included because this animal was endemic to Tasmania, and it was a belated recognition of the uniqueness of the Thylacine. The bounty scheme, which directly led to the extinction of the Thylacine, only ended in 1909.
