Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808)

Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Dasyuromorphia, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 29-37 : 29

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scientific name	Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808)
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Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 9:174.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Tasmania .

DISTRIBUTION: Tasmania.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I pe [possibly extinct]; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Extinct.

SYNONYMS: breviceps, communis, harrisii , lucocephalus, striatus.

COMMENTS: Probably extinct; but tracks and sightings continue to be reported; see Ride (1970:201).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Thylacinidae
Genus	Thylacinus

Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808)

Colin P. Groves 1993

1993

Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808)

Harris 1808: 174

1808

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