Tasmanian Tiger Recently Extinct Animals SpeciesUnfortunately, coming into contact with Although they were commonly associated with tigers due to their stripes, the animals were more closely related to the Tasmanian devil. The animals were shy and they did not want anything to do with humans. During the hunt, they had a distinctive terrier like yap. They only made sounds when they were anxious.
Tasmanian Tiger PicturesThe animals had a husky bark, though they were almost always mute. Their tail was stiffer and thicker towards the base of it. They stood about two feet high from the shoulders. At full height, the animals would grow to be as large as six feet from their nose to the end of the tail. It had a stiff tail and a large head for its body size.
Tasmanian Tiger PhotosThe Tasmanian tiger looked like a large dog which featured a long body with stripes running from side to side on it. The first record of the Tasmania tiger coming into contact with humans was with the indigenous people who lived in Australia, dating back to at least 1000 BC. There has been fossil evidence found that dates the animals back to the beginning of the Miocene era. The animals appeared about four million years ago.
Tasmanian Tiger WallpapersThese animals which are thought to be extinct once lived throughout Australia, Tasmania and in New Guinea. The animal was the largest marsupial to consume meat, before it was declared an extinct species in 1936. The Tasmanian Tiger, sometimes called the Tasmanian Wolf or even the Tassie Tiger is officially known as the Thylacine, Thylacinu cynocephalus in Latin.
