thylacine

and Thylacinus, n.

thescientific name of the genus of the animal called variously the Tasmanian Tiger (q.v.), Hyaena, TasmanianWolf, Zebra Wolf, and Marsupial Wolf. Thefirst spelling is the Anglicised form of the word. (Grk. thulakos, a pouch, and kuown, a dog.)

1894. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' p. 153:

«The Thylacine appears to be generally found among caverns androcks and the deep and almost impenetrable glens in theneighbourhood of the highest mountains of Tasmania.»