Thylacinus breviceps Krefft, 1868:296
Bulldog-tiger, Bull-dog tiger
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Invalid (synonym of T. cynocephalus) (Thomas, 1888:256; Iredale & Troughton, 1934:15; Moeller, 1968; Mahoney & Ride, 1988:12; Jackson & Groves, 2015:77)
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of T. cynocephalus) (Thomas, 1888:256; Iredale & Troughton, 1934:15; Moeller, 1968; Mahoney & Ride, 1988:12; Jackson & Groves, 2015:77)
Distribution
Type locality: Ouse River, Tasmania (Krefft, 1871; Jackson & Groves, 2015:77)
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Syntype: AM PA.774 (syntype of T. breviceps) (Parnaby et al., 2017:300; Beck et al., 2022:SM16)
AM M8331 (possible syntype of T. breviceps) (Parnaby et al., 2017:300; Beck et al., 2022:SM16)
AM P778 (possible syntype of T. breviceps) (Parnaby et al., 2017:300; Beck et al., 2022:SM16)
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References
Original scientific description:
Krefft, Gerard. (1868a). Description of a new species of thylacine (Thylacinus breviceps). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 2: 296-297.
Other references:
Allport, Morton. (1868). Remarks on Mr. Krefft’s “Notes on the Fauna of Tasmania”. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania [1868]: 33-36.
Holmes, Branden. (2023). A brief taxonomic history of the thylacine, pp. 49-50. In: Holmes, Branden and Linnard, Gareth (eds.). Thylacine: The History, Ecology and Loss of the Tasmania. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. xxxiv + 205 pp.
Iredale, Tom and Troughton, Ellis Le Geyt. (1934). A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i-xii, 1-122.
Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 77]
Krefft, Gerard. (1868b). Appendix 6, List of specimens collected by Mr George Masters, assistant curator, from December, 1866 to March 1867. In: Report of the Trustee’s for the year ending 31 of December, 1867, Australian Museum, pp. 9-10. Sydney, NSW: Thomas Richards, Government Printer.
Krefft, Gerard. (1868c). Notes on the fauna of Tasmania. Monthly Notices of Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania [1868]: 90-105 [appendix].
Krefft, Gerard. (1871). The Mammals of Australia, Illustrated by Harriett Scott and Helena Forde for the Council of Education ; With a Short Account of All the Species Hitherto Described. Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer.
Krefft, Gerard. (1872). Natural History. The native cat family, or Dasyuridae (continued). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (new series) XIV(643): 534, col. 1, 26 October.
Mahoney, J. A. and Ride, W. D. L. (1988). Thylacinidae, pp. 11-13. In: Walton, D. W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 5. Mammalia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. [p. 12]
Moeller, H. F. (1968). Zur frage der Parallelerscheinungen bei Metatheria und der Eutheria. Vergleichende untersuchungen an Beutelwolf und Wolf. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 177(3-4): 283-392.
Parnaby, Harry, Ingleby, Sandy and Divljan, Anja. (2017). Type specimens of non-fossil mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 69(5): 277-420. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653
Thomas, Oldfield. (1888). Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London: British Museum (Natural History). xiii + 401 pp. [p. 256]