TheThylacineVideos

Here I present a series of historical film clips of the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf.

The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) is the only species of the marsupial family Thylacinidae to exist into modern times.

The last survivor of an ancient and once diverse family of carnivorous marsupials, the thylacine is a truly amazing and beautiful mammal.  Sadly, out of ignorance, irrational fear, and largely just because it was perceived as an economic threat, a concerted war of extermination was waged against the species.  This resulted in one of man's most focused acts of destruction towards the fauna of Australia, leading to the deaths of thousands of thylacines during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Please see my website at http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/ for information covering virtually all aspects of the natural history of this unique Australian marsupial.