The Tasmanian tiger was hunted to extinction as a 'large predator' – but it was only half as heavy as we thought
- Written by Douglass Rovinsky, PhD Candidate, Monash University
Smithsonian Institution/colourised by D.S. RovinskyUntil it was hunted to extinction, the thylacine – also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf – was the world’s largest marsupial predator. However, our new research shows it was in fact only about half as large as previously thought. So perhaps it wasn’t such a...





