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Species Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) (Extinct)

Thylacine

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Extinct


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, littoral, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, predator, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Found throughout favouring coastal plains, scrub and savannah woodland, but probably not dense forest.

 

General References

Archer, M. 1982. A review of Miocene thylacinids (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia), the phylogenetic position of the Thylacinidae and the problem of a priorisms in character analysis. pp. 445-476 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp.

Archer, M. 1984. Effects of humans on the Australian vertebrate fauna. pp. 151-161 in Archer, M. & Clayton, G. (eds). Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia — Animals in Space & Time. Carlisle : Hesperian Press.

Archer, M. 1984. The Australian marsupial radiation. pp. 633-808 in Archer, M. & Clayton, G. (eds). Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia — Animals in Space & Time. Carlisle : Hesperian Press.

Archer, M. 1984. The status of Australian dasyurids, thylacinids and myrmecobiids. pp. 1015-1021 in Archer, M. & Clayton, G. (eds). Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia — Animals in Space & Time. Carlisle : Hesperian Press.

Beresford, Q. & Bailey, G. 1981. Search for the Tasmanian Tiger. Sandy Bay : Blubber Head Press vi 54 pp. 39 pls.

Dickman, C.R. 1996. Impact of exotic generalist predators on the native fauna of Australia. Wildlife Biology 2: 185-195

Dixon, J.M. 1991. The Thylacine - Tasmania's Tiger. Melbourne : Museum of Victoria.

Guiler, E. 1991. The Tasmanian Tiger in Pictures. Hobart : St David's Park Publishing.

Guiler, E.R. 1985. Thylacine: The Tragedy of the Tasmanian Tiger. Melbourne : Oxford University Press x 207 pp.

Guiler, E.R. & Godard, P. 1998. Tasmanian Tiger: A lesson to be Learned. Perth : Abrolhos Publishing.

Jones, M. 1997. Character displacement in Australian dasyurid carnivores: Size relationships and prey size patterns. Ecology 78: 2569-2587

Jones, M.E. & Stoddart, D.M. 1998. Reconstruction of the predatory behaviour of the extinct marsupial thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus). Journal of Zoology, London 246: 239-246

Keast, A. 1982. The thylacine (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia): how good a pursuit carnivore. pp. 675-683 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp.

McOrist, S., Kitchener, A.C. & Obendorf, D.L. 1993. Skin lesions in two preserved thylacines, Thylacinus cynocephalus. Australian Mammalogy 16: 81-82

Mooney, N. 1984. Tasmanian Tiger sighting. Australian Natural History 21: 177-180

Owen, D. 2003. Thylacine: The Tragic Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger. Sydney : Allen &n Unwin.

Paddle, R. 2000. The Last Tasmanian Tiger: The History and Extermination of the Thylacine. Oakley, Victoria : Cambridge University Press.

Paddle, R.N. 1992. Last resting place of a thylacine. Nature (London) 360: 215

Paddle, R.N. 1993. Thylacines associated with the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 29: 97-101

Robson, S.K. & Young, W.G. 1990. A comparison of tooth microwear between an extinct marsupial predator, the Tasmanian tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus (Thylacynidae) and an extant scavenger, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia). Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 575-589

Rounsevell, D.E. & Mooney, N. 1995. Thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus. pp. 164-165 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Rounsevell, D.E. & Smith, S.J. 1982. Recent alleged sightings of the thylacine Thylacinidae) in Tasmania. pp. 233-236 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Sarich, V., Lowenstein, J.M. & Richardson, B.J. 1982. Phylogenetic relationships of the thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus (Marsupialia) as reflected in comparative serology. In, Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 2 i-iv, 407 pp.

Smith, M. 1982. Review of the thylacine (Marsupialia, Thylacinidae). pp. 237-253 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.

Smith, S.J. 1981. The Tasmanian Tiger—1980. A report on an investigation of the current status of thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, funded by The World Wildlife Fund Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service. Tasmanian Wildlife Division Technical Report 81/1: 1–133.

 

History of changes

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