the Tasmanian tiger was no wolfish predator — it hunted small prey
- Written by Douglass S Rovinsky, Associate research scientist, Monash University
Author providedThe thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, is an Aussie icon. It was the largest historical marsupial predator and a powerful example of human-caused extinction. And despite being extinct since 1936, it still gets featured in popular media.
Yet much is still unknown about the thylacine, as its...





