Species Profile
Thylacinus cynocephalus
Tasmanian tiger
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Formerly lived in Australia and Tasmania.
Nocturnal carnivore.
Now extinct.
Size & Structure
01
Dog-like body
02
Strong jaws
03
Black stripes on back
04
Long tail
Thylacinus cynocephalus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral symmetry
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well-developed brain and spinal cord
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Lungs
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Apex predator
Controlled herbivore populations
Historical ecosystem balance
Economic Importance
Conservation awareness
Extinction studies
Museum importance