Tasmanian thylacine (SciiFii)

The Tasmanian thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), also known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf, is a species of large dog-like striped carnivorous marsupial native to the island of Tasmania. It was once extinct since 1936, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii using the surviving Tasmanian thylacine DNA and through CGI-engineering. The Tasmanian thylacine is the most famous of the thylacines and is a rather large animal, growing to be from 100 to 130 cm (39 to 51 in) long, plus a tail of around 50 to 65 cm (20 to 26 in). It is relatively shy and nocturnal, with the general appearance of a medium-to-large-size dog, except for its stiff tail and abdominal pouch similar to a kangaroo's, and dark transverse stripes that radiates from the top of its back, reminiscent of a tiger. Its closest relative includes both the Tasmanian devil and, more distantly, the numbat. The Tasmanian thylacine, like other thylacine species, is one of only marsupials to have a pouch in both sexes: the other is the water opossum. The pouch of the male Tasmanian thylacine serves as a protective sheath covering the external reproductive organs. It is an ambush predator that mainly preys on wallabies, wombats, koalas, and young of larger native animals (if it gets a chance), such as giant wallabies. The conservation status of the Tasmanian thylacine is Endangered due to habitat loss, historic poaching, and a minor outbreak of thylacine facial tumour disease (TFTD), however, the conservationists are protecting the native thylacine habitats, stopping poachers, and the outbreak of thylacine facial tumour disease is almost over due to successful eradication efforts against the thylacine facial tumour disease.
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Category:Mammals
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