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What are facts about the Tasmanian tiger?

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The Tasmanian Tiger's proper name is Thylacine
It was a carnivorous marsupial predator (or dasyurid) that lived in the Australian island state of Tasmania. They were not related even remotely to true tigers.
The Thylacine lived in eucalyptus bushland, wetlands and grassland areas of the Australian continent and New Guinea. When the Aborigines brought the dingo over from Asia, there was too much competition for thylacines and they died out on the mainland.
It was similar in size to a dog and is believed to now be extinct, although there are always unconfirmed sightings.
The Thylacine was brownish coloured, with stripes on the rear half of its body, hence the name Tasmanian Tiger.
It is sometimes called the "tasmanian wolf" but it was not related to wolves either.
They were permitted to be hunted to extinction as Tasmanian settlers were concerned that they posed a threat to livestock.
The last known thylacine died in the Hobart zoo in 1936.
It was about 100cm-110cm in length, with its strong, stiff tail half the length of its body again. It stood about 60cm tall at shoulder height.

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