Thylacinus cynocephalus

**thylacine**
	presumably extinct species of carnivorous marsupial last known in Tasmania, Australia Dos llops marsupials a principis del segle XX Mapa de distribució a Tasmània
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Instance of	extinct taxon;
Location of discovery	Tasmania;
IUCN conservation status	extinct species (1936);
Start time	3rd millennium BC;
End time	6 September 1936;
Significant event	extinction (1936);
Mass	19.7 kg;
Length	160 cm;
Height	60 cm;
Endemic to	Tasmania;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Sarcopterygii
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theria
Subclass	Metatheria
Infraclass	Marsupialia
Superorder	Australidelphia
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Thylacinidae
Genus	Thylacinus
Species
	Thylacinus cynocephalus; (Harris, 1808)
Authority control
	Q123102; GND ID: 4490550-6; Library of Congress authority ID: sh92002353; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007556102705171; IUCN taxon ID: 21866; NCBI taxonomy ID: 9275; ITIS TSN: 552591; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 126716; Fossilworks taxon ID: 234414; GBIF taxon ID: 2435474; MSW ID: 10800004; Species Profile and Threats Database ID: 342; ARKive ID: thylacinus-cynocephalus; iNaturalist taxon ID: 40267; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 198774; IRMNG ID: 10597424
	Reasonator; Scholia; KML file; Search depicted; Files depicting this taxon;

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 'thylacine']

English: Thylacine, Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf
العربية: ببر تسماني
অসমীয়া: থাইলেচিন
Kotava: Xusedol
azərbaycanca: Tasmaniya canavarı
تۆرکجه: تاسمانییا جاناواری
беларуская: Сумчаты воўк
български: Тасманийски вълк
brezhoneg: Tigr Tasmania
català: Llop marsupial
čeština: vakovlkovití
kaszëbsczi: Wilkòwór tasmańsczi
чӑвашла: Хутаҫлӑ кашкӑр
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, tigre de Tasmanie, 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
Արեւմտահայերէն: Թասմանեան Գայլ
Bahasa Indonesia: Harimau tasmania
Ido: Tasmaniana tigro
íslenska: Pokaúlfur
italiano: Tilacino
日本語: フクロオオカミ
Jawa: Macan tasman
ქართული: თილაცინი
қазақша: Қалталы қасқыр
ಕನ್ನಡ: ಟಾಸ್ಮೇನಿಯ ತೋಳ
한국어: 태즈메이니아 주머니늑대
Lëtzebuergesch: Buidelwollef
Lingua Franca Nova: Tigre tasmanian
Limburgs: Bujelwouf
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
slovenščina: Tasmanski tiger
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
吴语: 袋狼
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（臺灣）: 袋狼

Error in Wikidata: wikidata item 'thylacine' (Q123102) property 'instance of' (P31) has a strange value 'extinct taxon' (Q98961713) (currently accepted values: 'taxon' (Q16521), 'monotypic taxon' (Q310890), 'group' (Q4150646), 'cultivar' (Q4886), 'fossil taxon' (Q23038290), 'monotypic fossil taxon' (Q47487597), 'clade' (Q713623), 'virus' (Q808), 'ichnotaxon' (Q2568288), 'species aggregate' (Q1297859), 'Wikimedia category' (Q4167836))

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)

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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
1928