Thylacine

==Summary==
The Thylacine is a carnivorous marsupial that once lived throughout Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania. It is nicknamed the Tasmania wolf due to its canine like features that arose from convergent evolution; the Tasmanian tiger nickname comes from its striped appearance. These creatures first emerged around 1.77 million to 780,000 years ago, during the early Pleistocene.Piper, Katarzyna J. (2007). "Early Pleistocene mammals from the Nelson Bay local fauna, Portland, Victoria, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (2): 492–503. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[492:EPMFTN]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 130610478. Around 3,200 years ago, the Thylacine population on mainland Australia would have died off, the major causes thought to be human activity and the introduction of dingoes. Populations would remain prevalent on the island of Tasmania up until the early 20th century, before extermination by farmers and bounty hunters, along with habitat loss, competition from wild dogs, and disease would devastate them (with possibly already low genetic diversity worsening their chances of survival).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine#Dying_out_on_Tasmania The last Thylacine was captured and kept in Hobart Zoo until he died on September 7, 1936. 
Each year since 1996, Australia has held its National Threatened Species Day on September 7 in memorial of the passing of the last Thylacine. Despite the Thylacine's extinction, there have been a number of unconfirmed sightings and reports of Thylacines on Tasmania and Australia, garnering attention in cryptozoological circles. Additionally, there are attempts currently underway to clone and resurrect the creature.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , kinetic energy, higher via piercing damage
Name: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacine, Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf
Origin: The Real World
Gender: Varies with specimen
Age: Varies, 5-7 years in the wild, 8-11 in captivity
Classification: Mammal, Marsupial
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Natural Weaponry (Teeth, claws), Stealth Mastery, Enhanced Senses
Attack Potency: At least Below Average Human level (It is thought that competition from dingoes, among other things, led to their extinction in Australia prior to European settlement.White, Lauren C.; Saltré, Frédérik; Bradshaw, Corey J. A.; Austin, Jeremy J. (January 2018). "High-quality fossil dates support a synchronous, Late Holocene extinction of devils and thylacines in mainland Australia". Biology Letters. 14 (1): 20170642. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0642. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 5803592. PMID 29343562. Is thought to have been a solitary ambush predator that hunted small and medium sized preyWroe, Stephen; Clausen, Philip; McHenry, Colin; Moreno, Karen; Cunningham, Eleanor (2007). "Computer simulation of feeding behaviour in the thylacine and dingo as a novel test for convergence and niche overlap". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 274 (1627): 2819–2828. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0906. PMC 2288692. PMID 17785272. and is thought to have hunted small mammals and birds, and possibly the Tasmanian Emu,Paddle, Robert (2000). The Last Tasmanian Tiger: the History and Extinction of the Thylacine. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-53154-2 which was comparable in size if not slightly smaller than its mainland counterpart. May have hunted kangaroos. Reportedly hunted livestock after European Colonization, but there was likely a lot of exaggeration as to the extent of this.https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/the-thylacine/#:~:text=The%20Thylacine%20hunted%20singly%20or,marsupials%2C%20small%20rodents%20and%20birds) Street level kinetic energy (Its kinetic energy should put its attack potency around this level), higher via piercing damage (Has a bite-force quotient of 166Wroe S, McHenry C, Thomason J. Bite club: comparative bite force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa. Proc Biol Sci. 2005 Mar 22;272(1563):619-25. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2986. PMID: 15817436; PMCID: PMC1564077.)
Speed: Peak Human (Colossal's estimated running speed of 24 mph, or about 39 kph)
Lifting Strength: Below Average Human (Ranges from 9.8-28.1 kg, with average adult males reaching 19.7 kg and 13.7 kg respectivelyRovinsky, Douglass S.; Evans, Alistair R.; Martin, Damir G.; Adams, Justin W. (2020). "Did the thylacine violate the costs of carnivory? Body mass and sexual dimorphism of an iconic Australian marsupial". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287 (20201537). doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.1537. PMC 7482282. PMID 32811303.)
Striking Strength: At least Below Average Human level
Durability: At least Below Average Human level
Stamina: Unknown 
Range: Standard Melee Range
Standard Equipment: Teeth, claws
Intelligence: Animalistic
Weaknesses: Could not run at very high speeds due to its gait being stiff and somewhat awkward.
==Gallery==
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==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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