Thylacine

Thylacines are carnivorous marsupials native to Australia, and more commonly known as tasmanian tigers or tasmaninan wolves. They were thought to have gone extinct in the early 20th century.

History

Tazmanian Tiger is named after this animal and somehow acquired two such beasts, named Benjamin and Natasha, which he used to help him commit a crime in Sydney. ("Strangers")

Real World Background

Two Thylacines in the Washington D.C. Zoo. Picture taken between 1902 and 1905.

See also

• Thylacine at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia