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Meanings of Tasmanian tiger in inglês

português
tigre da tasmânia
espanhol
thylacinus cynocephalus
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Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct.

        tigre da tasmânia
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        The last surviving thylacine was thrown out with the weekly trash.
        A short history of nearly everything
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        Cats have specialized, retractable claws adapted to grappling prey whereas the thylacine did not.
        Wired
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        The thylacine was officially declared extinct in 1986, but unconfirmed sightings are regularly reported in Tasmania.
        Radio NZ
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        Despite surviving to the early 20th century, relatively little is known about how the thylacine actually hunted.
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        For Figuerido and Janis, the key feature for investigating the habits of the thylacine was one particular joint.
        Wired
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        In Australia the interdiction should include the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, all the large kangaroos, the emu, lyre bird and the mallee-bird.
        Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
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        An understanding of one is incomplete without a comprehension of the other, and no animal embodies these complementary concepts better than Thylacinus cynocephalus.
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        Usage of Tasmanian tiger in inglês
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        Then there's the fate of the Tasmanian tiger and the passenger pigeon.
        News.com.au
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        A Tasmanian tiger pelt found in New Zealand has caused excitement in Australia.
        Radio NZ
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        Scientists have scanned preserved Tasmanian tiger specimens to better understand the marsupial's development in the pouch.
        BBC
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        If not for roadkill, the Tasmanian divil would probably go the way of the Tasmanian tiger.
        G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
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        The Tasmanian tiger was declared extinct in 1936 when the last known animal died in Hobart Zoo.
        Radio NZ
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        The donors in this were four 100-year-old Tasmanian tiger specimens preserved in ethanol at the Museum Victoria.
        Wired
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        The Tasmanian tiger went extinct in 1936.
        BBC
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        The inserted DNA doesn't actually code for Tasmanian tiger characteristics, but is needed to switch on genes controlling bone formation.
        Wired
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        In the future, his films will be like watching grainy archival footage of the Tasmanian tiger: images of a lost world.
        The Guardian
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        But hybrid Tasmanian tiger-mice could someday be created, said the researchers, and DNA from creatures like woolly mammoths and neanderthals revived.
        Wired
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        A Tasmanian tiger pelt has been found in a drawer in a Wairarapa taxidermy museum, where it has lain for decades.
        Radio NZ
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        They put three candidate species to the test -the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, the Yangtze River dolphin, and the Xerces blue butterfly.
        BBC
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        Last week, Australian Museum geneticists announced they'd replicated bits of Tasmanian tiger DNA taken from a 136-year-old thylacine specimen preserved in ethanol since 1866.
        Wired
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        Tasmanian Tiger The Thylacine serves as a cautionary tale for anyone who doubts humanity's ability to annihilate species.
        BBC
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