In 2017, Colin Carlson, an ecologist with an interest in modeling the extinction risk for species, published a paper in Conservation Biology that placed the likelihood of the thylacine still surviving at 1 in 1.6 trillion.

But if a species has gone extinct recently, there is a chance it could be returned to its original ecosystem. The Tasmanian tiger is thought to have gone extinct 80 years ago, but in that time, its native woodland has stayed more or less the same – this de-extinct species could potentially ‘go home’.

Extinct
Thylacine/Extinction status

4 Incredible Tasmanian Tiger facts! Both male and female Tasmanian tigers had a pouch. The female’s was used to carry the young, and the male’s pouch was used to protect his genitalia. The last known Tasmanian tiger was named Benjamin.

The wolverine’s greater strength and powerful jaws and teeth would very likely enable it to overpower the honey badger. However, like the much more powerful leopards and lions it would very likely have a very hard time getting through the honey badger’s hide.

On 7 September 1936, the last known Tasmanian Tiger died at the Hobart Zoo. This was the first known species of animal to become extinct in Tasmania.

The last known living Tasmanian Tiger was photographed in 1933 and the species was declared extinct three years later. The last known Tasmanian Tiger, named Benjamin, lived in captivity at the Hobart Zoo in Australia.

The Tasmanian Tiger was the largest carnivorous marsupial in modern times.

The last known Tasmanian Tiger was captured in its native Australia in 1933 and lived for a few years in a zoo before dying, and its death has long been thought to be the final nail in the species’ coffin.