Tasmanian tiger
Tasmanian tiger in LOST ZOO
The Tasmanian tiger is the largest marsupial predator. He resembles in many aspects the wolf and the dingo.
Its remarkable characteristics are the 13-19 dark-brown cross-stripes on the posterior part of the body and on the beginning of the tail.
They hunted alone or in pairs and seldom in small groups on wallabies, bandicoots and other small marsupials.
Since 1936 the Tasmanian tiger was never kept in a zoo. Therefore our Lost Zoo is proud to keep since 80 years for the first time this rare and large marsupial again.
The Tasmanian tiger is the largest marsupial predator and an excellent example of convergent evolution. It resembles the wolf in many aspects, which is also a predator and occupies a similar ecological niche as the Tasmanian tiger.
Shoulder height: 60 cm, short-legged
Body length: 85-130 cm, with a tail of 28-65 cm
Body weight: 15-30 kg
Habitat: Living in the open woodland and grass steppes
Extinction: 1930. Food concurrence by the imported dingo, overhunting, climate change may have caused the Tasmanian tiger’s extinction.
