DESCRIPTION
The Thylacine was very similar to the members of the dog family of the Northern Hemisphere. Both had sharp teeth, powerful jaws, raised heels and the same general body form. Since the Thylacine and dogs of the Northern Hemisphere are filled the same ecological niche in Australia elsewhere, they developed many of the same features. This animal got its name "Tiger" because of the yellow-brown coat featured with about 13 to 21 distinctive dark stripes across its back, rump and the base of its tail. There were more stripes marked in younger Thylacine and were fading when the animal got older.
A matured Thylacine is ranged from around 100 to 130 cm long, with a tail of about 50 to 65 cm long. Both male and female sexes have a pouch.
EXTINCTION
The extinction is because of competitions from indigenous humans to kill the Thylacine and invasive dingoes are their predators. Their habitats are destroyed due to farming and grazing.
When people protect their animals, they don’t give any food for the Thycine.
Government are giving payment to people for dead "Tigers".
DIET
The Thylacine was carnivorous and feed on kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, birds and small animals such as potoroos and possums. The Thylacine’s favourite prey had been the common Tasmanian Emu.
HABITAT
They stay in open forests and keep near to their grazing preys and close to the protection of forests. They are nocturnal creatures, sleeping by the day and active at night.
1)Kingdom:Animalia
2)Phylum:Chordata
3)Class:Mammalia
4)Infraclass:Marsupialia
5)Order:Dasyuromorphia
6)Family:†Thylacinidae
7)Genus:†Thylacinus
8)Species:†T.cynocephalus
9)Binomial name:Thylacinus cynocephalus
References: 1)http://www.tasmanian-tiger.com/thylafiles.html
For more details on the Thylacine species,please refer to a short video clip at: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2386381.htm
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