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Tiger, Tiger

This is the last known Tasmanian tiger, also known as a thylacine or Tasmanian wolf. The species is now extinct, but this Tasmanian tiger was photographed in 1933. It is so very sad when humans allow this to happen. Surviving evidence suggests this animal was shy and nocturnal, with the appearance of a medium to large dog. It also had a pouch like a kangaroo. It’s closest living relatives may be the Tasmanian devil or the numbat.

Competition from invasive dingoes and indigenous humans hurt the Tasmanian tiger’s numbers as far back as 2,000 years ago in mainland Australia. The species survived until the 1930s on the island of Tasmania.