Definitions | Tasmanian tiger |
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- The carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
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.
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