The Thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was the largest known carnivore native to continental Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. It resembled a large dog with a stiff tail and distinctive dark stripes across its back and rump. The Thylacine had a diet that included kangaroos, birds, and small animals. It preferred dry eucalyptus forests, wetlands, and grasslands, but hunting caused the species to become extinct in the early 20th century.

1. The Thylacine Done by: Danish Hakim Class: 4.7 Date: 20/7/11

2. Introduction The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), was the largest known carnivore. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger because of its striped back. The Tasmanian wolfand the tiger are natives to continental Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea.

3. Physical Description Descriptions of the thylacine vary, as evidence is restricted to preserved joey specimens, fossil records, skins and skeletal remains, black and white photographs and film of the animal in captivity, and accounts from the field. The Thylacine resembled a large, short-haired dog with a stiff tail which smoothly extended from the body in a way similar to that of a kangaroo. Many European settlers drew direct comparisons with the Hyena, because of its unusual stance and general demeanour. Its yellow-brown coat featured 13 to 21 distinctive dark stripes across its back, rump and the base of its tail, which earned the animal the nickname, "Tiger". The stripes were more marked in younger specimens, fading as the animal got older. Its body hair was dense and soft. Its rounded, ears were about 8 cm long and covered with short fur. The thylacine was able to open its jaws to an unusual extent. It can open its jaws up to 120 degrees. The jaws were muscular and had 46 teeth.

4. Behaviour The thylacine probably preferred the dry eucalyptus forests, wetlands, and grasslands in continental Australia. Indigenous Australian rock paintings indicate that the thylacine lived throughout mainland Australia and New guinea. Proof of the animal's existence was made in mainland Australia. It was discovered in a cave and predicted it to be around 3,300 years old.

5. Diet The diet included kangaroos, birds and small animals. The Tasmanian emu was a large, flightless bird which shared the habitat of the thylacine and was hunted to extinction around 1850.

6. Conclusion We should not hunt animals as it will become threatened then endangered then highly endangered and at last extinct like this Thylacine. 

7. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine I wish they had conserve me earlier… 