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Tasmanian tiger
Scientific name: Thylacinus cynocephalus
IUCN Status: Extinct
Family: DASYURIDAE
Group: Thylacinus
Shyness: Very shy
Safe distance: 50 m
Breeding season / Courtship: Toute l'année
Gestation: 21 jours
Births: 01.04-30.06
Habitat:
Rainforests, scrublands and grasslands
Description:
The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was a large nocturnal carnivorous marsupial up to 1.8 m long (including tail) and weighing 15–30 kg, with pale yellow fur marked by dark dorsal stripes. Endemic to Tasmania, it inhabited rainforests, scrublands, and grasslands, preying mainly on wallabies and birds at dusk and night. Solitary and shy, it sheltered in natural dens or rock crevices.
Recommended lens:
>=300 mm
Photography tips:
Photography impossible: species extinct since 1936.
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