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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' — also known as the '''Thylacine''' or, formally, ''Thylacinus cynocephalus'' — was a small, [[dog]]like [[marsupial]] [[mammal]]. According to ''[[The I-Supder Book of Earth Creatures]]'', it had "a smooth brown coat with black or darker brown stripes on its rear." A third of its 160cm length was given over to its tail alone. As in many mammals, males were generally larger than females. | The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' — also known as the '''Thylacine''' or, formally, ''Thylacinus cynocephalus'' — was a small, [[dog]]like [[marsupial]] [[mammal]]. According to ''[[The I-Supder Book of Earth Creatures]]'', it had "a smooth brown coat with black or darker brown stripes on its rear." A third of its 160cm length was given over to its tail alone. As in many mammals, males were generally larger than females. | ||
It was | It was made extinct due to targeted killing by [[human]]s in the [[19th century|19th]] and [[20th century|20th centuries]]. Natural disease was also a contributing factor to their extinction, which finally occured in [[1936]]. | ||
It had an I-Spyder points value of 300 points. ([[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'') | |||
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[[Category:Earth mammals]] | [[Category:Earth mammals]] | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 7 September 2011
The Tasmanian tiger — also known as the Thylacine or, formally, Thylacinus cynocephalus — was a small, doglike marsupial mammal. According to The I-Supder Book of Earth Creatures, it had "a smooth brown coat with black or darker brown stripes on its rear." A third of its 160cm length was given over to its tail alone. As in many mammals, males were generally larger than females.
It was made extinct due to targeted killing by humans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Natural disease was also a contributing factor to their extinction, which finally occured in 1936.
It had an I-Spyder points value of 300 points. (NSA: The Last Dodo)
