Order Dasyuromorphia Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 29 37 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353066 1-56098-217-9 7353066 Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 9:174 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , Tasmania . DISTRIBUTION: Tasmania . STATUS: CITES - Appendix I pe [possibly extinct]; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Extinct. SYNONYMS: breviceps, communis, harrisii , lucocephalus, striatus. COMMENTS: Probably extinct; but tracks and sightings continue to be reported; see Ride (1970:201) .