Thylacinus
Thylacinus is a genus of extinct carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only recent member was the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), commonly also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, which became extinct in 1936 due to excessive hunting by humans. Other prehistoric species are known from this genus. An unidentified species is known from Pleistocene New Guinea.
| Thylacinus | |
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| Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | †Thylacinidae |
| Genus: | †Thylacinus Temminck, 1824 |
| Species | |
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All extinct, see text | |
Species
- Genus Thylacinus
- Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the thylacine (Early Pliocene to 1936)
- Thylacinus macknessi (Lower Miocene)
- Thylacinus megiriani (Upper Miocene/Lower Pliocene)
- Thylacinus potens (Upper Miocene)
- Thylacinus yorkellus (Upper Miocene/Lower Pliocene)
Below is a phylogeny by Yates (2015) on the relationships of Thylacinus.[1]
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References
- Yates, A. M. (2015). "Thylacinus (Marsupialia: Thylacinidae) from the Mio-Pliocene boundary and the diversity of Late Neogene thylacinids in Australia". PeerJ. 3: e931. doi:10.7717/peerj.931. PMC 4435473. PMID 26019996.
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