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Definition of Thylacinus
1. Noun. Tasmanian wolf.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Dasyuridae, Family Dasyuridae, Family Dasyurinae
Member holonyms: Tasmanian Tiger, Tasmanian Wolf, Thylacine, Thylacinus Cynocephalus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thylacinus
Literary usage of Thylacinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"thylacinus spelaeus, Owen :. Syn. thylacinus major, Owen* ... part of n mandible
of thylacinus cynocephalus. ..."
2. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1846)
"The general resemblance which the thylacinus bears to a Wolf or large Dog, has
struck many, and, indeed, has caused it to he, by some, arranged amongst the ..."
3. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the by Oldfield Thomas (1888)
"(2) xp 340 (1825) Th. cynocephalus. thylacinus, Temm. Man. Mamm. ip 00 (1827) ..
Th. cynocephalus. Lycaon, Wayl. Syst. Amph. Smu/. p. 24 (1830) Type. ..."
4. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"( thylacinus Cynocephalus.) This animal, called zebra opossum, and zebra wolf,
tiger, hyaena, &c. is a native of Van Diemen's Land, where it is fortunately ..."
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