The Tasmanian Tiger, (Thylacine) also called the Tasmanian wolf,is my favorite cryptid,
it is a large, marsupial canine native to Tasmania.
Most scientist belive it to be extinct,however each year there are many unconfirmed sightings in remote areas of the state ,and reports of sets of Tasmanian Tiger tracks have been said to have been found.
In January of 1995,a Parks and Wildlife Service person observed a tas tiger in the Pyengana region of eastern Tasmania, and being the most reliable sighting in some time, the goverment launched an investigation to possibly confirm the existance of the Tiger.
The Tiger was about 5 feet long, (some are said to have been smaller)and had light brown fur with dark stripes across its lower back.
Tasmanian tigers were common toward the start of the century but were hunted extensivley because they were said to threatened sheep but this claim was never proven.
Over 4,000 were killed by hunters between 1888 and 1909. Another reason for there disapearance was the destruction of their habitat,and the introduction of the dingo dog.
The last known Thylacine died in captivity in 1936.
There is a movement right now that may bring back the Tasmanian tiger back from exstinction.
Australian geneticists announced they had replicated bits of the tassy tigers DNA taken from a 136 year old thylacine pup preserved in ethanol.
and they could possibley use it to clone the tasmanian tiger. But at this point it is still just in a peliminary stage.
Tags: cryptozzology, extinct species, strange sightings, tasmanian tiger
