[ Videos ]
Walking Through...

[ Books ]
UFOs & Abduction ...

[ In The News ]

Proof We're Not ...
Jeff Peckman, a Denver resident and believer in alien life, has begun the work of putting a ballot i ...

[ Photos ]
In: Asia and Oceania

[ Forums ]

Grandmothers House ...
Alright. About a month ago I went to my grandmothers house to visit her. There wasn't much room ...

Parapedia - Cryptozoology

Navigation: MainParapedia

Recent Updates

Latest in Cryptozoology

Thylacine in Cryptozoology

The Thylacine (pronounced /ˈθaɪləsaɪn/, or in Australia /ˈθaɪləsiːn/, also /ˈθaɪləsɨn/) (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 (or Tazzy) 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 genus, Thylacinus, although several related species have been found in the fossil record dating back to the early Miocene.

The Thylacine became extinct on the Australian mainland thousands of years before European settlement of the continent, but it survived on the island state 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 classification as extinct, sightings are still reported.

Like the tigers and wolves...

[ Read More ]

Latest Images

In: Rat King

Rat king in the scientific museum Mauritianum Altenburg, Germany
In: Pangboche Hand

Photo of the Pangboche Hand, taken in 1958 by Peter Byrne
In: Skunk ape

One of the two Myakka Skunk Ape photographs taken in 2000
In: Skunk ape

One of the two Myakka Skunk Ape photographs taken in 2000
In: Sea monk

Steenstrup's comparison of a squid with two drawings of the sea monk from the sixteenth century