Thylacinidae

Thylacinids
Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Holocene
Thylacine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Marsupialia
Order:Dasyuromorphia
Family:Thylacinidae
C.L. Bonaparte, 1838
Genera

All extinct, see text

Thylacinidae is an extinct family of carnivorous, superficially dog-like marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only species to survive into modern times was the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), which became extinct in 1936.

Species

Family †Thylacinidae

See also


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