thylacine

• Animal marsupial carnivore rare, semblable à un chien et aujourd'hui considéré comme éteint, qui vivait en Tasmanie et se caractérisait par des rayures sur le dos.

A rare, doglike carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, characterized by stripes on its back, which is now believed to be extinct.

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   A rare, dog-like carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, known for the distinctive stripes on its back, now believed to be extinct.

   Thylacine (marsupial)

   • The thylacine was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times.
   • Many people still hope to find a living thylacine in the wild.
   • The last known thylacine died in captivity in 1936.

   Synonymestasmanian tigertasmanian wolf