Gorgeous animal. I fear that foxes may soon share the same fate as the Thylacine. As they, too are threats to farmers.

but why didnt they breed???

after spending some time with a tasmanian tour guide whilst in a national park in tasmania 15 years ago, he swore that on several different occasions he has spotted tassie tigers and cubs.when i asked why don't you take some photos ,he said" i know that they are there and the people in government would stop him from doing a job that he has loved for the last 22 years" i believed him 100%

If man can start bringing back extinct species using genetics, that's the least he should do. But who would bring us back if we became extinct? Nobody would want to!! Lol

It's actually 'Tasmania' and 'Tasmanian' . Also cases of unconfirmed sitings pop up every now and then, although nothing conclusive .

It's such a shame that we humans are the reason why they are wiped out of the system.

The Thylacine (tazmanian tiger) was wiped out in the early nineties when they were named as a threat to farmers animals in australia. Law enforcement offered money for the return of a thylacine skin. The thylacine although quite visualine a member of the canine family are far from. The thylacine is actually a member of the marsupial family and possess a pouch in which they carry their young. Also when agitated the thylacine may propel off of they're marsupial tails, not unlike a kangaroo or wallaby. The thylacine also possesses the ability to unhinge its jaw in order to consume large am...

They are whipe out because of man! :o

yeah these are beautiful animals, scientists in australia are trying to clone one of these from a preserved cub specimen they have

its a beautiful animal shame its wiped out

why are they wiped out???

they could still be alive they have had sightings of them in tazmainia so they could still be alive i just hope they are cuz they are beautiful animals

i like them too. 2bad thers no more of them

i wish they could of bred them..they are pretty.

:) i like them.