Metazoa info

[Duke Guilmon]

†Thylacine



Size:100-130cm with a 50-65cm tail

Weight:No data

Life expectancy:No data

When it first appeared: Early Pliocene,4 MYA

Location: It used to live in the Australian mainland near shrubs

Taxonomy:
Class:Mammalia
Clade:Holotheres
Superlegion:Trechnotheria
Legion:Cladotheria
Sublegion:Zatheria
Infralegion:Tribosphendia
Subclass:Theria
Clade:Metatheria
Infraclass:Marsupialia
Superorder:Australidelphia
Orderasyuromorphia
Family:†Thylacinidae
Genus:†Thylacinus
Species:†Thylacinus cynocephalus

Diet:There is debate about what it ate. It may have eaten kangaroos, wallabies, wambats, and emus. However recent research shows it may have had weaker jaws shows it may have eaten small mammals.

Anatomy:It was a wolf like predator. It had a poor sense of smell. Despite its awkward gait and slow speed it could jump bipedally. Its jaws had a huge extent, up to 120 degrees. They also had pads on their feet.

Behavior:Thylacine was a social animal, hunting in packs. It was nocturnal and would hide during the day. IT was shy towards humans.

Reproduction:Little is known about its reproduction. They have been seen with three offspring.

Relationship with other animals: Its interspecific relationships were not known. Humans want to clone this animal to test if it works.



an adorable little wolf

Other sources:

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21866/0

http://australianmuseum.net.au/The-Thylacine

http://animalstime.com/tasmanian-tiger-f...itat-diet/