Thylacinus cynocephalus

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Marsupialia • Ordo: Dasyuromorphia • Familia: Thylacinidae • Genus: Thylacinus • Species: Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Thylacinus cynocephalus']

English: Thylacine, Tasmanian Tiger, Tasmanian Wolf
العربية: نمر تسماني
অসমীয়া: থাইলেচিন
azərbaycanca: Tasmaniya canavarı
تۆرکجه: تاسمانییا جاناواری
беларуская: Сумчаты воўк
български: Тасманийски вълк
brezhoneg: Tigr Tasmania
català: Llop marsupial
čeština: Vakovlkovití
Cymraeg: Thailasin
dansk: Tasmank pungulv
Deutsch: Beutelwolf, Tasmanischer Tiger, Beutelwolf, Tasmanischer Wolf, Beuteltiger, Tasmanischer Tiger
Ελληνικά: Θυλακίνος
Esperanto: Tilacino
español: lobo marsupial, tigre marsupial, Tilacino, Lobo de Tasamania, Lobo Marsupial, Tilacino, lobo de Tasmania, lobo marsupial, tigre de Tasmania
eesti: Kukkurhunt
euskara: Tasmaniako tigre
فارسی: گرگ تاسمانی
suomi: Pussihukka
français: Thylacine, loup marsupial, loup de Tasmanie, tigre de Tasmanie
Gaeilge: Tílicín
galego: Tigre de Tasmania
עברית: זאב טסמני
हिन्दी: थायलेसीन
hrvatski: Tasmanski tigar
magyar: Erszényesfarkas
հայերեն: Պարկավոր գայլ
Bahasa Indonesia: Harimau tasmania
Ido: Tasmaniana tigro
íslenska: Pokaúlfur
italiano: Tilacino
日本語: フクロオオカミ
ქართული: თილაცინი
қазақша: Қалталы қасқыр
한국어: 태즈메이니아 주머니늑대
Lëtzebuergesch: Buidelwollef
Ligure: Tilacin
lietuvių: Sterblinis vilkas
latviešu: Tasmanijas vilks
олык марий: Калтан пире
македонски: Тасмански волк
മലയാളം: ടാസ്മേനിയൻ ചെന്നായ്
Bahasa Melayu: Harimau Tasmania
Nāhuatl: Tlacuachcoyotl
norsk bokmål: Pungulv
Nederlands: Buidelwolf
norsk nynorsk: Pungulv
norsk: Pungulv
Diné bizaad: Náshdóí bizaʼazis hólóní
polski: wilk tasmański, Wilk workowaty, Wilk_workowaty
português: Tigre da Tasmânia, Tilacino
română: Lup marsupial
русский: Сумчатый волк
Scots: Thylacine
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Tasmanijski tigar
Simple English: Thylacine
slovenčina: Vakovlk tasmánsky
shqip: Tilacini
српски / srpski: Торбарски вук
српски (ћирилица)‎: Торбарски вук
srpski (latinica)‎: Torbarski vuk
svenska: Pungvarg
Kiswahili: Chui wa Tasmania
தமிழ்: தாசுமேனியப் புலி
ไทย: ไทลาซีน
Tagalog: Tilasino
Türkçe: Tazmanya kaplanı
українська: Тилацин
اردو: تسمانی بھیڑیا
oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча: Xaltali boʻri
Tiếng Việt: Chó sói Tasmania
粵語: 袋狼
中文: 袋狼
中文（中国大陆）‎: 袋狼
中文（简体）‎: 袋狼
中文（繁體）‎: 袋狼
中文（香港）‎: 袋狼
中文（新加坡）‎: 袋狼
中文（台灣）‎: 袋狼

Note: For ITIS & Mammal Species of the World (2005), this is currently the only extant (living) species in the genus Thylacinus (Retrieved on 28 June 2012).

ITIS link: Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) (mirror)

Mammal Species of the World (v3, 2005) link: Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris, 1808

IUCN: Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) (old web site) (Extinct)

Images[edit]

Illustrations[edit]

"Didelphis cynocephala" (bottom) Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 1808 After Harris, earliest illustration
Painting. John Lewin c1817
"Dasyure Cynocephale" (lower right), Mammalogie: ou Descriptions des Especes de Mammiferes. 1820
"Sketch of a Tyger Trap intended for Mount Morriston". Thomas Scott 1823
" The zebra or dog-faced dasyurus. Didelphis cynocephala. Harris" by James Basire in Georges Cuvier Animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization 1825
after Dickes? 1841, similar in Lydekker 1894 and Robert, 1846.
"Dog-head Thylacinus." The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature. c1850
'Head of a Male' Henry Richter. Pl. 53 of John Gould's The Mammals of Australia. (1845-1863) One of two plates.
ibid. Pl. 54. The most famous images.
"The Thylacine" by Josef Wolf. Zoological Sketches from Animals in their Vivarium in the Regent's Park London 1856-67. hand-coloured lithograph
"De Buidelwolf". Attributed to R. Kretschmer, variant by same artist published in Brehm's Tierleben 1865
"Encounter with a Tasmanian Tiger." Illustrated Melbourne Post. 1867
"Tasmanian Tiger." Harriet Scott (lithographer) from a photograph by Victor A. Prout. Krefft The Mammals of Australia,(1869)
"Tiger-wolf and wombat" Instructive Picture Book, 1877
Brehms thierleben, allgemeine kunde des thierreichs. 1886?
G.J. Broinowski (after Richter) Birds and Mammals of Australia, 1884. (unpublished)
Centurie zoologique, 1830
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850
Brockhaus Lexikon
Wood engraving depicting a number of animals, including "Dasyure Cynocephale" (Thylacinus cynocephalus)
New International Encyclopedia, 1902
Thylacine attacking a platypus, c. 1854
The Royal Society of Tasmania coat of arms

Photographs[edit]

Living[edit]

Victor Prout? 1869
Adelaide Zoo. 1889
E.J. Keller. Washington D.C. National Zoo, c. 1906.
Adult and 3 juveniles. Hobart Zoo, 1909.
Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, 1910
Hobart Zoo. pre 1921
1928. Benjamin A. Sheppard.
Hobart Zoo. Australian Information Bureau. 1933
Hobart zoo. 1933. "Last in captivity"
Thylacine with a chicken. Henry Burrell Uncropped photo.
Published version. Australian Museum Magazine, 1921
Juveniles. Travelling exhibit. 1925.
1910
1902
1902
Wilfred Batty of Mawbanna, Tasmania, with the last Tasmanian Tiger known to have been shot in the wild