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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Werewolf, Thylacine, Chupacabra, Beast of Bodmin, Phantom cat, Bunyip, Waitoreke, Beast of Gevaudan, British big cats, Gef, Beast of Exmoor, Black Shuck, Onza, Marozi, Maltese Tiger, Queensland Tiger, Michigan Dogman, Elwetritsch, Girt dog of Ennerdale, Wolpertinger, Demon Cat, Beast of Bray Road, Honsh Wolf, Atlas Bear, Killer badger, Nandi Bear, Sigbin, MacFarlane's bear, Shunka Warakin, Dobhar-chu, Surrey Puma, Elmendorf Beast, Wampus cat, Hokkaid Wolf, Cat-fox, Ennedi tiger, Bergman's Bear, Mitla, Gippsland phantom cat, Mngwa, Ringdocus, Burmese gray wild dog, Peuchen, Ozark Howler, Galloway Puma, Waheela, Malawi terror beast, Beast of Riber, Blue Mountains panther, Wucharia, Androscoggin Creature, Monster of Lake Fagua, Veo, Amarok, Pogeyan. Excerpt: The thylacine ( -l -syn, or -l -seen, also; binomial name: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Greek for "dog-headed pouched one") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped back), the Tasmanian wolf, and colloquially the Tassie tiger or simply the tiger. Native to continental Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, it is thought to have become extinct in the 20th century. It was the last extant member of its family, Thylacinidae, although several related species have been found in the fossil record dating back to the early Miocene. The thylacine had become extremely rare or extinct on the Australian mainland before European settlement of the continent, but it survived on the island of Tasmania along with several other endemic species, including the Tasmanian devil. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributory factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its habitat. Despite its official...
