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Tasmanian Tiger
For all the information on the Thylacine you could want go to The Thylacine Museum
Click here to see some film of the Tasmanian Tiger.
There is another film here
and quite a few here
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Thylacinus cynocephalus a.k.a Thylacine, Tasmanian Tiger, Marsupial Wolf,
One of my favourite pictures of the Thylacine. It shows the effortless power present in it's unique body structure.
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Baby Thylacine
Just a picture of a young Thylacine (one
that was old enough to leave the pouch) |
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By looking at these pictures it becomes more apparent
how different the Thylacines were in comparison to
the dogs whom they superficially resemble. |
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A pair of Thylacines in captivity
The male is bigger than the female. Notice the rear
legs are very muscular |
Thylacine remains
A stuffed Thylacine and some skins in a museum storeroom. Probably collected from when there was a bounty paid for each skin delivered. |
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Mummified Thylacine
Found in the Nullarbor plains caves in mainland Australia,
this carcass is proof that Thylacines lived there until fairly
recently. The fresh aspect of the carcass gave hope to
the possibility of a remnant poulation in Australia (it was
found after the Thylacine was extinct in Tasmania).
However Carbon dating put the mummy at being over 4000 years old. |
A curled up Thylacine. |
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Resting Thylacine
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Trappers Hut
A hut adorned with Thylacine skins. The Tasmanian government paid a bounty to the hunter for each Thylacine caught. This significantly contributed to their extinction. |
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Family of Thylacines
Taken at Hobart zoo in Tasmania, one of
these pups is Benjamin- the last of his kind |
Modern watercolour image of the Thylacine
Taken from the book "A Gap in Nature". It is well worth a read and beautifully illustrated throughout. |
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