Extinct

Tasmanian Tiger

Thylacinus cynocephalus

Tasmanian Tiger

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Tasmanian Tiger looked like a dog with some tiger stripes but was neither a dog nor a tiger. The last known Tasmanian tiger died on September 7, 1936, and since 1996 the date has been known as National Threatened Species Day in Australia.

Scientific Classification

KINGDOM

Animalia

PHYLUM

Chordata

CLASS

Mammalia

ORDER

Dasyuromorphia

FAMILY

Thylacinidae

GENUS

Thylacinus

Location

Australia (Tasmania)

Mammal

Carnivore

Habitat

Grasslands and forests, rainforests

Food

Birds, kangaroos, wombats, emus, possums, wallabies. echidnas, bettongs, bandicoots, potoroos and small livestock

Last Seen

September 7, 1936,

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