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The Cull & Bounty - 1930s

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Source: Thylacine Extinction

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thylacine

tasmanian tiger

marsupial wolf

extinct species

This Thylacine foto contains pak, straat, stad scène, stedelijke omgeving, stad straatbeeld, and stedelijke instellen. There might also be goed gekleed persoon, pak, broek pak, broekpak, kostuum broek, groene baret, speciale krachten, elite soldaat, speciale troepen, and werkkleding.

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The Thylacine

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Source: Thylacine

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Thylacine skull and skeleton

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Thylacine

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Source: Thylacine

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Thylacine skull and skeleton

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Sleeping Thylacine

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Source: Thylacine, Tasmanian Tiger,

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Thylacine with Full Pouch

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Thylacine

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Source: Thylacine, Tasmanian Tiger,

Thylacine

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Thylacine Mummy (Baby)

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The Thylacine

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Thylacine

The Thylacine was a marsupial related to kangaroos and is also known as the marsupial wolf of marsupial tiger. Although it resembles the placental wolf, its head was longer and its legs proportionately shorter. Its similarity to wolves and dogs is an example of convergent evolution - the evolution of a body shape suited to its role and resembling unrelated animals occupying similar ecological niches.

Early European settlers in Tasmania dubbed it the marsupial wolf, kangoeroe wolf, pouched wolf and native wolf, but the scientific name of thylacine is use in modern times. Early literature also...