Thylacinus the Tasmanian Wolf, is one of the most famous examples of convergent evolution. From Wordnik.com. [Video time capsule - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Just such a tragedy, by the standards of today's cultural climate, was the more recent extinction of Thylacinus, the Tasmanian wolf. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
Thylacinus macknessi, a specialised thylacinid (Marsupialia: Thylacinidae) from Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, north-western Queensland. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Fossil Mammal Sites, Australia] Reference
The Thylacinus cynocephalus, or the Tasmanian Tiger, was the largest living mammalian carnivore in Australia until it recently became extinct. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Fossil Mammal Sites, Australia] Reference
The recently extinct marsupial thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, was the largest living mammalian carnivore in Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Fossil Mammal Sites, Australia] Reference
Perhaps the most renowned of these is the largest marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which was hunted to extinction by European settlers. From Wordnik.com. [Tasmanian temperate forests] Reference
Word soon got around that, if ever a ‘dog’ skull was given, it was safe to identify it as Thylacinus on the grounds that anything as obvious as a dog skull had to be a catch. From Wordnik.com. [Video time capsule - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
As a result this ecoregion is the most degraded in Tasmania, and endemic species such as the Tasmanian thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) and the King Island emu (Dromaius ater) are now extinct. From Wordnik.com. [Tasmanian temperate forests] Reference
The Tasmanian devil (Sacrophilus harrisii) is widespread throughout all of Tasmania, and the extinct Tasmanian thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) once ranged throughout Tasmania as well, in low densities. From Wordnik.com. [Tasmanian Central Highland forests] Reference
Thylacinus of Tasmania is also found fossil; and a huge phalanger. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
Bottom row: Magalania prisca, Thylacoleo carinfex and Thylacinus cynocephalus. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
A good instance is afforded by the close resemblance of the jaws of the dog and Tasmanian wolf or Thylacinus, animals which are widely sundered in the natural system. From Wordnik.com. [XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology-Embryology-Rudimentary Organs. Analogical Resemblances] Reference
A four-piece Asheville-based blend of progressive rock, jam-band, Southern roots and jazz, Marsupial recently released its fourth CD, "Genus Thylacinus." www. marsupialmusic.com. From Wordnik.com. [CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News] Reference
For the teeth really differ much: thus the dog has on each side of the upper jaw four pre-molars and only two molars; whilst the Thylacinus has three pre-molars and four molars. From Wordnik.com. [XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology-Embryology-Rudimentary Organs. Analogical Resemblances] Reference
Thylacinus cynocephalus), or so-called Tasmanian tiger. From Wordnik.com. [WWF - Environmental News] Reference
Thylacinus cynocephalus) was dog-like in appearance and striped like a big cat - but in evolutionary terms, it had little in common with either, and was more closely related to kangaroos and koalas. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
Thylacinus cynocephalus Fischer 6: 2. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Thylacinus cynocephalus. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Genus Thylacinus on Saturday. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
The Tassie tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
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