at its tail, and the animals later falling from a cliff into a creek and transforming into fish. The thylacines transformed into archerfish, hence archerfish have stripes on their tails. See also Fauna of Australia List of extinct animals of Australia References Citations Bibliography Further reading Bailey, C. (2013) Shadow of the Thylacine. Five mile press. Guiler, E. (1985) Thylacine: The Tragedy of the Tasmanian Tiger. Oxford University Press. Guiler, E. & Godard, P. (1998) Tasmanian Tiger: A Lesson to Be Learnt. Abrolhos Publishing. Heath, A. R. (2014) Thylacine: Confirming Tasmanian Tigers Still Live. Vivid Publishing. . Leigh, J. (1999) The Hunter. Faber and Faber. . Lowry, D. C. (1967) "Discovery of a Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) Carcase in a Cave near Eucla, Western Australia". Helictite. Sleightholme, S. & Ayliffe, N. (2005). International Thylacine Specimen Database. CD-ROM. Master Copy: Zoological Society, London Smith, S. J. (1980). "The Tasmanian Tiger – 1980. A report on an investigation of the current status of thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, funded by the World Wildlife Fund Australia". Hobart: National Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania. External links The Thylacine Project at the University of New South Wales The Thylacine at the Australian Museum The Thylacine Museum at Natural Worlds Tasmanian tiger: newly released footage. The Guardian. 19 May 2020. Apex predators Articles containing video clips Carnivorous marsupials Dasyuromorphs Extinct mammals of Australia Extinct marsupials Holocene extinctions Mammal extinctions since 1500 Mammals described in 1808 Mammals of Tasmania Marsupials of Australia Marsupials of New Guinea Pleistocene first appearances Species made extinct by deliberate extirpation efforts