Thylacine,Hobart Zoo,Tasmania. The Thylacine,or Tasmanian Wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus) is an extinct animal that lived in Tasmania,Australia. The last individual,shown here in the photo,died as a zoo exhibit on 7th September 1936. Thylacines were predators and blamed by sheep farmers for attacking their flock. A bounty was paid for every specimen killed which,together with habitat destruction and competition with wild dogs,ensured the Thylacine was quickly wiped out in Tasmania | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Natural History Museum, London |
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