I Found This Interesting high Quality Zoomed Out Version Of A Iconic Thylacine photo

Preserved head of a female thylacine at Oxford University Museum of Natural History and a photo of the same animal when she was alive. This individual was captured in 1925 and sold to Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, before being transferred to London Zoo in 1926. She died on the 9th of August, 1931. She was the last living thylacine to be exhibited outside of Australia. 

Top photo by S. Sleightholme

i miss thylacines

The central continent of my worldbuilding world is dominated by marsupials and monotremes, and birds. There are several species of thylacine, and one — which is essentially our Thylacinus cynocephalus — is domesticated.

They are a recent domestication, with about 250 generations having passed. Compared to the wild ancestors, they have similar builds, but with more colours, variation in size, and longer lifespans (12-20 years). They have lost their natural reclusive nature and though shy, are friendly and inquisitive and trainable to a point. Most prefer to be solitary or tolerate the presence of 1-2 others, though get along well with other calm-tempered species. Their prey drive is greatly reduced but many suffer anxiety in loud or busy environments.

Some quick n dirty thylacine skulls

The Taronga Zoo in Sydney had a thylacine for a time.

This was the only thylacine ever displayed at this zoo. It’s enclosure was right next to a Puma’s. The puma got a hold of the thylacine’s tail and bit it off.

some more images of the thylacine you have probably never seen before

General Zoology. Written by Mary J. Guthrie and John M. Anderson. 1957.

Internet Archive

a thylacine on kunanyi/mt wellington

Lonely Benjamin