Thylacinus cynocephalus

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Related to Thylacinus cynocephalus: Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf

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Thylacinus cynocephalus - rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct

Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf, thylacine

dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial - small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania

genus Thylacinus, Thylacinus - Tasmanian wolf

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In spite of their small size, with the extinction of the marsupial wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus) it became the largest living carnivorous marsupial.

Comparative Analysis of Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography and Behavioral Ecology in Australian Marsupials/Analisis Comparativo de la Topografia de las Celulas Ganglionares de la Retina y Ecologia del Comportamiento en Marsupiales Australianos

It is worth noting that just one other canid (gray wolf, Canis lupus) is listed on CITES Appendix I, which protects several other notoriously threatened species, including giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), red panda (Ailurus fulgens), elephants (Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana), gorillas (Gorilla spp.), chimpanzees (Pan spp.), and Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which is possibly extinct (CITES, 2012).

A review of bush dog speothos venaticus (Lund, 1842) (Carnivora, Canidae) occurrences in Parana state, subtropical Brazil/Revisao dos registros de ocorrencia do cachorro-do-mato-vinagre Speothos venaticus (Lund, 1842) (Carnivora, Canidae), no Estado do Parana, Brasil subtropical

An automated camera was used as a tool in the fruitless search for the Tasmanian Tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus. It was reported in the Hobart Mercury newspaper in February 1950 that: