thylacine
CEFR: C2
An extinct apex carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania and mainland Australia with distinctive tiger-like lower back stripes.
Synonyms
- Tasmanian tiger
- Tasmanian wolf
Common Collocations
- extinction of the thylacine
- last surviving thylacine
- thylacine specimen
Example Sentence
The tragic demise of the thylacine highlights how colonial bounty hunting and habitat loss drive island extinctions.