Thylacine
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Thylacines are carnivorous marsupial animals that are thought be extinct. The last known Thylacine died in a Hobart zoo on September 7, 1936[1]. They were hunted because farmers blamed them for killing sheep. They lived mainly in Australia and New Guinea. The Thylacine was also called a Tasmanian Tiger or a Tasmanian Wolf.
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The Thylacine is about 1.1 metres (44 inches) long and its tail is 53 centimetres (21 inches) long. It is grey and brown in colour with 16 black or brown stripes on its back. The back, rump and tail are more like a kangaroo than a dog. It has teeth similar to a dog, but it has more incisor teeth. it has a crescent shaped pouch, opening to the back, to carry its young.
The thylacine eats wallabies, rats, birds, echidnas, rabbits and sheep.
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