Thylacine
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The thylacine, also commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf or marsupial wolf is an extinct species of carnivorous marsupial which was native to the Australian mainland and the islands o
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The earliest known non-indigenous illustration of a thylacine; from Harris's 1808 description
The thylacine was a basal member of Dasyuromorphia, an order comprising most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials
Thylacine skull cast (bottom) and coyote skull (top), at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
Dingo
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The dingo is a lineage of dog found in Australia. It is a medium-sized canine that possesses a lean, hardy body adapted for speed, agility, and stamina. Its three main coat colourations are light ging
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…and New Guinea. The thylacine died out in New Guinea and mainland Australia around 3,600–3,200 years ago, possibly because of the introduction of the dingo, whose earliest record dates to around the same time, but which never reached Tasmania. Before European settlement, several thousand remained in the…
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On the beach at K'gari, Queensland
Portrait of a Large Dog from New Holland by George Stubbs, 1772. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
"Dog of New South Wales" illustrated in The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay in 1788