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SPECIES Thylacinus cynocephalus
Author: | Harris, 1808. | Citation: | Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 9: 174. | Common Name: | Thylacine | Type Locality: | Australia, Tasmania. | Distribution: | Tasmania. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I [Possibly Extinct]; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct. | Comments: | Probably extinct; but tracks and sightings continue to be reported; see Ride (1970:201) and Rounsvell and Smith (1982). Species reviewed by Guiler (1986) and Paddle (2000). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
breviceps Krefft, 1868 communis Anon., 1859 harrisii Temminck, 1824 lucocephalus (Grant, 1831) striatus Warlow, 1833
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