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THYLACINE - The Case in Defence
Chapter 1
The Animal
The Story of Tasmania’s Thylacinus Cynocephalus (Thylacine)
Described in the Encyclopedia Britannica as:
‘a slender fox-faced animal... measuring 100 to 130 cm (40 to 50 inches) long, including its 50- to 65-cm (20- to 26-inch) tail. Yellowish brown, with about 16 to 18 dark bars on the back and rump. It hunted at night for wallabies and birds. In a shallow pouch, opening rearward, the female carried two to four young at a time.’
The mystery of the Tasmanian Tiger began when the first white men to hoist the British flag on Tasmanian soil (then called ‘Van Diemen’s Land’) saw their first Tiger:
a body something like a dog’s
a head something like a wolf’s
stripes something like a tiger’s
a tail something like a kangaroo’s
a pouch something like a wallaby’s
a barking call something like a hyena’s
jaws that opened like a clamp
THE MYSTERY OF THE TASMANIAN TIGER CONTINUES TO THIS DAY
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