0 a striped, meat-eating Australian mammal about the size of a large dog. It is believed to have become extinct in the 20th century (= it no longer exists). --
Thylacines preyed on devils, and devils attacked thylacine young; devils may have hastened the thylacine's extinction.
The size of a small dog, it became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world following the extinction of the thylacine in 1936.
New marsupial lion, thylacine, and dasyurid material has also been recovered.
The last known wild thylacine was captured in the region in 1933.
Their success suggests that it may be feasible to sequence the complete thylacine nuclear genome from museum specimens.
Most observations were made during the day whereas the thylacine was naturally nocturnal.
The male thylacine had a pouch that acted as a protective sheath, covering his external reproductive organs while he ran through thick brush.
The thylacine was able to open its jaws to an unusual extent: up to 120 degrees.
