The Thylacine, thought to be extinct, was a carnivorous marsupial last sighted on which island?
Thylacine and starring Willem Dafoe. Thylacine The thylacine ( , or , also ; "Thylacinus cynocephalus") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped lower back) or the Tasmanian wolf (because of its canid-like appearance, traits and attributes). Native to continental Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, it is believed to have become extinct in the 20th century. It was the last extant member of its family, Thylacinidae; specimens of other members of the family have been found in the fossil record dating back to the late Oligocene. Surviving
Marsupial lion younger fossils to be reworked into older sediments. The question remains the subject of ongoing research. Marsupial lion The marsupial lion ("Thylacoleo carnifex") is an extinct species of carnivorous marsupial mammal that lived in Australia from the early to the late Pleistocene (1,600,000–46,000 years ago). Despite its name, it is not closely related to the lion, but is a member of the order Diprotodontia, one of the taxonomic groups of Australian marsupials. The marsupial lion is the largest meat-eating mammal known to have ever existed in Australia, and one of the largest marsupial carnivores from anywhere in the world (although