Was a Tasmanian wolf a predator or prey?

Answer 1

The Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine as it is correctly called, is believed to be extinct. This is because its major enemy was man, who perceived it as a threat to livestock and set out on a campaign to decimate its population - a campaign that, unfortunately, succeeded.

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Thylacine's biggest competitor for food was the Tasmanian Devil, but the Tasmanian devil coukd not really be said to be the Thylacine's enemy. Originally, when the Thylacine was found on the mainland as well, it is thought that the dingo's arrival caused its extinction from the continent, as the dingo was bigger and a more vicious hunter and killer.

Answer 2

The Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine as it is correctly called, is believed to be extinct. This is because its major enemy was man, who perceived it as a threat to livestock and set out on a campaign to decimate its population - a campaign that, unfortunately, succeeded.

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Thylacine's biggest competitor for food was the Tasmanian Devil. Originally, when the Thylacine was found on the mainland as well, it is thought that the dingo's arrival caused its extinction from the continent, as the dingo was bigger and a more vicious hunter and killer.

Answer 3

'Tasmanian wolf' was an alternative name for the Tasmanian tiger or Thylacine. Man was its biggest enemy. The Thylacine was hunted to extinction during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the result of being declared a livestock killer by short-sighted men.

Answer 4

The Tasmanian wolf's correct name was Thylacine. It was also known as the Tasmanian tiger. As a dasyurid, or carnivorous marsupial, it was a predator, and was at the top of the food chain.