单词 | thylacine |
释义 | thylacinen. The native Tasmanian ‘wolf’ or ‘zebra-wolf’, Thylacinus cynocephalus, the largest of existing carnivorous marsupials (now very scarce or extinct). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Dasyuridae > subfamily Thylacinae (thylacine) zebra opossum1808 zebra wolf1808 tiger1829 hyena1832 thylacine1838 wolf1891 1838 Owen in Proc. Geol. Soc. 3 19 In the number of the grinders the Phascolothere resembles the Opossum and Thylacine. 1841 G. R. Waterhouse Marsupialia 127 The Thylacinus inhabits Van Diemen's Land where it is called the Tiger, Hyæna. 1846 R. Owen Brit. Fossil Mammals 67. 1891 Daily News 5 May 5/5 The Zoological Society have just acquired a pair of thylacines—a somewhat rare, carnivorous marsupial, from Tasmania. 1901 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 May 5/3 The thylacine is confined to Tasmania, although its fossil remains have been found in New South Wales. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838 |
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