Tasmanian tiger / wolf aka Thylacine: Extinct

Thylacine (Benjamin?) with an open mouth. Their long snout and row of sharp teeth make them very distinctive. It's easy to see why Thylacines (aka Tasmanian tigers) are many peoples' favorite extinct animal.

On September 7, 1936, the last known Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, named Benjamin, died in captivity. We were reminded of that in late May of this year, when long-lost footage of this animal at the Hobart Zoo was found. It was shot in...

The last images of the "Tasmanian Tiger" nearing extinction. Biologist David Fleay's haunting photos at a Hobart zoo in 1922 are known around the world. Able to open its jaws to an unusual 80 degrees, the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus ‘dog-headed pouched one’) was the largest carnivorous marsupial of modern times. Hunted to the brink of extinction as a "sheep-killer," a 2011 study revealed its jaws too weak to kill sheep. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14730055

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