Thylacine in a sentence

But now, Colossal Biosciences, the firm behind the dodo resurrection, is hoping to restore the thylacine, and aims to have a ‘de-extincted thylacine-ish thing’ within a decade.

In the end, the competitiveness of the dingo and thylacine populations led to the extinctions of the thylacine but the arrival of the humans only further exacerbated this.

Owen and Pemberton, p. 108. Before the extinction of the thylacine, the Tasmanian devil ate thylacine cubs left alone in dens when their parents were away.

Owen and Pemberton, p. 41. As the devil is the thylacine's closest relative, there has been speculation that the thylacine could be revived by combining DNA from museum samples of thylacines with ova of the devil.

The emu was a large, flightless bird which shared the habitat of the thylacine and was hunted to extinction around 1850, possibly coinciding with the decline in thylacine numbers.

The thylacines preyed on the devils, the devils scavenged from the thylacine's kills, and the devils ate thylacine young.

The thylacine was able to open its jaws to an unusual extent: up to 80 degrees. citation This capability can be seen in part in David Fleay 's short black-and-white film sequence of a captive thylacine from 1933.

Thylacine Cast - used as reference cast by Tasmanian Government field biologists More detail can been seen in a cast taken (below and to the left) from a freshly dead thylacine.

While the thylacine was extant it preyed on the devil, which targeted young and unattended thylacine cubs in their dens.

She's a were-thylacine – an exceptionally rare breed – and someone has stolen her animal form, making it impossible for her to change shape.

Figure 2. Thylacine Prospect – rock chip results over magnetics.

The dodo and thylacine are special creatures to former Tamworth author and illustrator Sami Bayly.

Animals usually take prey close to their own body size, but an adult thylacine of around convert was found to be incapable of handling prey much larger than convert.

A report on an investigation of the current status of thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, funded by the World Wildlife Fund Australia".

As well as the common alternative names, the thylacine was referred to by a range of other names, which often makes clear identification of the species in historical records difficult.

Darby also appears to be the source for the claim that the last thylacine was a male; photographic evidence suggested it was female.

Diet Analysis of the skeleton suggests that, when hunting, the thylacine relied on stamina rather than speed in the chase.

In 2011, detailed examination of a single frame from the motion film footage confirmed that the thylacine was male.

It is known that there were several genera of thylacine millions of years ago, and that they ranged in size, the smaller being more reliant on foraging.

It is speculated that the devil lineage may have arisen at this time to fill a niche in the ecosystem, as a scavenger that disposed of carrion left behind by the selective-eating thylacine.