Scientific name:
Thylacinus cynocephalus

Natural spread:
Tasmania

welfare no other marsupial was hunted so bitter and merciless like the Tasmanian wolf. This biggest Raubbeutler is very similar for a dog. it gains the size of a wolf approximately. Because of the shorter legs, however, its shoulder-height is somewhat lower.

Physique Differently than the torso changes to the tail, that thickens strongly at the root and is very stiff, with the higher mammals gradually. The long, narrow head gave it the scientific name Thylacinus cynocephalus - "dog-headed bag-dog." The corner and cheek-teeth are especially strongly developed in the powerful carnivore-denture. The jaws can be opened much further than with other carnivores. Also this let it certainly appear "terribly terrifying. its bag is opened like with the Tasmanian devil to the back and contains 4 teats. Backs dun over the sallow disappear 16-19 cross-strips, that become longer and wider to the tail to. The last are enough until on the thighs down. this Streifung earned it the name "Tasmanian tiger" although it has with this no affinity.

Spread Tasmanian wolves still lived in the island Tasmania quite in large numbers end of the previous century. Also on the Australian mainland, they were not rare 4000-5000 years ago. For example 11 000 year old fossil-findings show that its original spread-area was enough as far as after New Guinea. Today, one however probably finally must consider the Tasmanian wolf exterminated, because since 1930, no more animal was found although even Tasmania's unapproachable forests were searched for it.

Way of life We know only very little about the life of the Tasmanian wolf. The statements almost always refer to reports of hunters and trappers and usually are not credible. Also the stories of sheep-breeders are certainly inappropriate in order to make a correct picture of this Raubbeutler for itself. The observations, that were done in zoos, also are very skimpy. Probably, it hunted alone or at most to second. Whether the not yet adult boys helped with the food-acquisition, is uncertain. As not especially faster, but very persevering runner pursued for a very long time its loot presumably it in the trot until it was exhausted. it hunted primarily small kangaroos, rodents and birds. The 3-4 boys were usually born in the summer, but one could find the whole year in the bag over young.

Extinction In Australia, the Tasmanian wolves died out on until now unsolved manner. In Tasmania however, they were wiped out downright. Here, the open areas were used as pastures and also made the brushland-ships the sheep-breeding accessible through burned down. The Tasmanian wolf lost a large part of its food-animals, who were tied at these habitats, through it. As it then looked at sheep as its main-loot, it incurred himself the irreconcilable hate of the people. they pursued it with all means and spread the most alarming rumors about its terrible blood-greed and aggressiveness. However, it is certainly proved on that occasion that it never has attacked people. The prosecution gained its climax, as exposed shooting down-prizes the "Van Diemen's land-mass Company" in 1840 and even the government paid rewards for killed Tasmanian wolves in 1888. Only 1909, the prize-system was abolished. As one put the Tasmanian wolf under legal protection in 1936, it probably already was too late, the Tasmanian wolf finally was out wiped.