thylacine

The native wild “dog,” “wolf,” “tiger,” or “hyena” of Tasmania, Thylacinus cynocephalus, the largest living carnivorous marsupial.

The zebra wolf. See under wolf.

The carnivorous marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.

rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct