wikipedia|Thylacine
English
Image:Tasmanian tiger.gif|thumb|right|Tasmanian tiger
Etymology
tiger|Tiger refers to the stripes on the animal�s back; the thylacine is not related to the tiger, or to the cat family at all.
Noun
en-noun|sg=Tasmanian tiger
- The carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
Synonyms
thylacine
Category:Marsupials
Category:English misnomers
ru:Tasmanian tiger
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