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Thylacinus cynocephalus (Thylacine; Tasmanian wolf; Tasmanian tiger)

Synonyms: Didelphis cynocephala

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Thylacinus cynocephalus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  60.627 lbs (27.50 kg)
Female Weight [1]  66.139 lbs (30.00 kg)
Male Weight [1]  55.116 lbs (25.00 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  20 %
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  13 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.264 feet (130 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Southwest National Park II 1531400 Tasmania, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Uropsylla tasmanica[2]
Woolleya sprenti <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2International Flea Database
♦ 3Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0