Thylacine
Extinct species of carnivorous marsupial
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Summary
Thylacine is an extinct taxon[1]. Thylacine has worked as a sport cyclist[2]. Thylacine ranks in the top 1% of extinct taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,074 views/month).[3]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[4]
- IUCN conservation status: extinct species[5]
- Parent taxon: Thylacinus[6]
- Endemic to: Tasmania[7]
- Location of discovery: Tasmania[8]
- Taxon name: Thylacinus cynocephalus[9]
- Commons category: Thylacinus cynocephalus[10]
- Start time: -2000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11]
- End time: September 6, 1936[12]
- Significant event: extinction[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Thylacinus cynocephalus[14]
- Commons gallery: Thylacinus cynocephalus[15]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18]
- Original combination: Didelphis cynocephala[19]
- Taxon synonym: Thylacinus harrisii[20]
- Short name: T. cynocephalus[21]
- Taxon common name: Thylacine[22], Тасманийски вълк[23], vakovlkovití[24], Tasmank pungulv[25], Beutelwolf[26], lobo marsupial[27], tigre marsupial[28], Tilacino[29], گرگ تاسمانی[30], Pussihukka[31], Tigre de Tasmania[32], זאב טסמני[33], Pokaúlfur[34], フクロオオカミ[35]
- Length: 160 cm[36]
- Height: 60 cm[37]
- Mass: 19.7 kg[38]
- Gait: hopping gait[39]
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Identifiers
Thylacine's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9275[40]. Thylacine's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 126716[41]. Thylacine's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435474[42]. Thylacine's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552591[43].
Why It Matters
Thylacine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Thylacine is known by 141 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
FAQs
What did Thylacine do for work?
Thylacine worked as a sport cyclist[2].