Thylacine

The Thylacine, a carnivore also referred to as the Tasmanian tiger and Tasmanian wolf, was a (mostly) nocturnal marsupial that preyed on rodents and kangaroos.

Although Thylacine’s looked fierce, they were actually quite timid and, according to Live Science, “could be captured without a fight.”

Reports of Thylacine sightings have been so frequent in the past century that it sparked an investigation as to the status of their existence.

Cause of Extinction: it is believed that Dingo populations threatened the Thylacine into extinction in addition to over-hunting from humans.