Thylacine

Thylacine (Thylacinus), the largest of the extant predeaceous marsupials, represented by one species (T. cynocephalus), now restricted to Tasmania, and in process of extermination at the hands of the sheep-farmers, whose folds it is wont to ravage. It is somewhat smaller than a wolf, has a dog-like muzzle, a long tapering tail, and is grayish brown in colour, with black cross bands on the hind part of the back and loins. It is very active and fierce, and is popularly called a 'tiger,' a 'wolf,' or a 'hyæna.'