This animal went extinct more recently than the ancient ones I shared. It is also a marsupial like all mammals native to Australia. I love the colors and the body shape, they look like a dog and cat combined, with amazing coloration like Tiger's on the back end. Marsupial babies take a long time to mature and nurse for much longer than placental mammals so unfortunately they are more prone to dying off when humans get involved. These were hunted and since they did not know humans as a natural predator they were killed very quickly and eventually disappeared completely. However, we still have black and white photos of them and perhaps will be able to bring them back as cloning and DNA science grows.
Read the wikipedia if you are interested in these amazing animals, there are a lot of good facts and information. I found the image on google image search for Tasmanian tigers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine
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