Thylacinus

Taxobox
name = Thylacinids
status = EX


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Thylacine ("Thylacinus cynocephalus")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Dasyuromorphia
familia = †Thylacinidae
genus = †"Thylacinus"
genus_authority = Temminck, 1824
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = All extinct, see text.

"Thylacinus" is a genus of extinct carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only recent member was the Thylacine ("Thylacinus cynocephalus"), which became extinct in 1936 due to hunting. The other animals in the group all lived in prehistoric times in Australia.

pecies

*Genus "Thylacinus"
**"Thylacinus cynocephalus", also known as the Thylacine (Early Pliocene to 1936)
**"Thylacinus macnessi" (Upper Oligocene — Lower Miocene)
**"Thylacinus megiriani" (Upper Miocene)
**"Thylacinus potens" (Lower Miocene)
**"Thylacinus rostralis"

External links

* [http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/naturalhistory/prehistoric_range_1.htm Prehistoric range of the Thylacinidae]
* [http://www.amonline.net.au/thylacine/index.htm Australian Thylacine]
* [http://specieslist.com/endangered/common_name/T/Thylacine.shtml Various Links]