Tasmanian tiger
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Etymology edit
Tiger refers to the stripes on the animal's back; the thylacine is not a member of the cat family.
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Tasmanian tiger (plural Tasmanian tigers)
- An extinct carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus), once native to Tasmania.
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extinct carnivorous marsupial — see Tasmanian wolf