Thylacinus cynocephalus

Thylacine Temporal range: Pliocene - Holocene, 4–0.0001 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Thylacines in Washington D.C., c. 1906
Conservation status
Extinct  (1936) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	†Thylacinidae
Genus:	†Thylacinus
Species:	†T. cynocephalus
Binomial name
Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808)
Historic Thylacine range in Tasmania
Synonyms
List Didelphis cynocephala Harris, 1808 Dasyurus cynocephalus Geoffroy, 1810 Thylacinus harrisii Temminck, 1824 Dasyurus lucocephalus Grant, 1831 Thylacinus striatus Warlow, 1833 Thylacinus communis Anon., 1859 Thylacinus breviceps Krefft, 1868

The thylacine (/ˈθaɪləsiːn/ THY-lə-seen, or /ˈθaɪləsaɪn/ THY-lə-syne, also /ˈθaɪləsɪn/;Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped lower back) or the Tasmanian wolf. Native to continental Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, it is believed to have become extinct in the 20th century. It was the last extant member of its family, Thylacinidae; specimens of other members of the family have been found in the fossil record dating back to the late Oligocene.