Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris 1808)

[Didelphis] cynocephala Harris 1808, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 9: 174.

Type Locality: Australia, Tasmania.

Vernacular Names: Thylacine.

Synonyms: Thylacinus breviceps Krefft 1868; Thylacinus communis Anon. 1859; Thylacinus harrisii Temminck 1824; Thylacinus lucocephalus (Grant 1831); Thylacinus striatus Warlow 1833 .

Distribution: Tasmania.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I [Possibly Extinct]; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: Probably extinct; but tracks and sightings continue to be reported; see Ride (1970:201) and Rounsvell and Smith (1982). Species reviewed by Guiler (1986) and Paddle (2000).