Tag: Thylacine

  • The predatory behaviour of an extinct ‘cat-like’ marsupial carnivore

    The predatory behaviour of an extinct ‘cat-like’ marsupial carnivore

    Nimbacinus dicksoni was a cat-sized marsupial carnivore from the Thylacinidae family, weighing around 5 kg. It roamed the Australian landscape during the Miocene, and its fossils have been uncovered in Tertiary deposits at Riversleigh in north-western Queensland and Bullock Creek in the Northern Territory. Nimbacinus belonged to the extinct Thylacinidae family, which includes twelve species,…

  • Marsupial carnivores: Feeding ecology and habitat use in Australia’s unique predators

    Marsupial carnivores: Feeding ecology and habitat use in Australia’s unique predators

    Decline and Extinction Threats to Australia’s Marsupial Carnivores In Tasmania, European settlement brought profound changes to the island’s native carnivores. Historically, Tasmania’s carnivore guild included the iconic thylacine, alongside three dasyurids: the Tasmanian devil, spotted-tailed quoll, and eastern quoll. Thylacines, distributed across the island apart from the southwest, faced rapid population declines. Despite clear signs…