. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATUSAL HISTORY. The animal walks lialf on its toes and lialf on its soles or palms, and thus is a semi-plantigrade, the body being bi'ought nearer the ground than that of the Wolf in running. There is a marsupial pouch, but the bones are mei'e cartilages. The Dog-headed Thylacinus, or the Zebra^Wolf of the colonist? of Van Diemen's Land, thus described, has often been taken for one of the Cai-niyora, and certainly there are gi-eat i-esemblances between it and the Dogs. The canine teeth ai-e of large size, but they are recurved at the top,
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATUSAL HISTORY. The animal walks lialf on its toes and lialf on its soles or palms, and thus is a semi-plantigrade, the body being bi'ought nearer the ground than that of the Wolf in running. There is a marsupial pouch, but the bones are mei'e cartilages. The Dog-headed Thylacinus, or the Zebra^Wolf of the colonist? of Van Diemen's Land, thus described, has often been taken for one of the Cai-niyora, and certainly there are gi-eat i-esemblances between it and the Dogs. The canine teeth ai-e of large size, but they are recurved at the top, and in the upper jaw are separated from the incisors by a space, into which the point of the lower canine fits when the jaws are closed. This is different in the Dogs,. DOG-HEADED THYLACINUS. whose lower canine passes on the outer side of the upper one when the mouth ^s closed. The pre- molar of the Thylacinus has a small cusp behind, but in the lower jaw the premolar.^ are , and do not form a continuous cutting and masticating ridge. It is also to be remembered that this animal has a peculiar lower jaw, as it is one of the Marsupials, and the angle is inflected. It Ls a Marsupial, with some stnictures which foreshadow those of the more highly-developed Dog. Mr. Han-is, who was the first to make this animal known, states that it lives among caverns and rocks, in the deep and almost impenetrable glens, in the neighbourhood of the highest mountains of Van Diemen's Land. The specimen from which his description was taken was caught in a trap baited with Kangaroo's flesh ; it remained alive but a few , having received some internal hurt whilst being secured. From time to time it uttered a short guttural cry, and it appeared exceedingly inactive and stupid, and, like the Owl, had an almost continual motion of the nictitant membrane of fne eye. Remains of an Echidna were found in the stomach of the animal. Waterhouse Please note that these images are extracte
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