tasmanian tiger
- n rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct
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- Tiny Terror: Mini 'Tasmanian Tiger' Could Hunt Bigger Prey
An extinct marsupial hunter only the size of a fox may have hunted prey larger than itself, researchers say.This predatory ability makes the ancient creature different from its most recent living relative, the also-extinct thylacine, or "Tasmanian tiger.
April 10, 2014 - NBC NEWS - Extinct Marsupial Preyed On Animals Bigger Than Itself
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The biggest known carnivorous marsupial of the modern era – the Tasmanian tiger - or thylacine - went extinct in the early 20th century. Now, researchers have found that a distant, ancient relative of the thylacine was able to hunt down prey larger than itself, according to a new study in the open-access journal PLOS ONE . Based solely on a ...
April 10, 2014 - redOrbit - Tiny Killer: Mini 'Tasmanian Tiger' Took Down Large Prey
This predatory ability makes the ancient creature different from its most recent living relative, the also-extinct thylacine, or "Tasmanian tiger." The last known wild thylacine was shot in 1930, and the last captive member of the species died in a zoo in 1936. The new study analyzed an exceptionally well-preserved whole skeleton of an extinct relative of these last thylacines, known as ...
April 9, 2014 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News