| Show tasmanian Tas manias zebra wolf A singular creature is the tasmania zebra wolf it II is not related to either zebra wolf or tiger but belongs to the me same family ta ally as the kangaroo the wombat and the opossum opossum those animals which have poil pouches ches wherein to carry their young but the animal is striped like the zebra and is as ravenous and fierce in its nature as wolf or of tiger he is the most formidable marsupial of the more than sixty varieties rie riet ties les and is the largest and most dreaded of all the mammals in aus tr alasia the zebra wolf has a doglike face a wolfs short and erect ears eyes like an owl stripes like a zebra and pouch like a kaD kangaroo ile he is a night prowler the light of day blinds him as it blinds an owl and when pressed by hunger he emerges eberg es during the daytime from his lair ills his movements are slow and he be is easily slain the eyes which are large are furnished with a dictating nic tating membrane this is almost continually moving in the day time as the pupils are exposed to the light the general color of the short woolly tur fur is grayish brown inclined to yellowish across the ground color the black bands show up sharp and clear these stripes are usually four fourteen teen in number beginning just back of the shoulders whore where they are narrowest and growing broader and longer back to tho the haunches the skins are in demand tor for latrobe lap robea s and rugs it is not unlikely that in the course ot a few years henrs the zebra wolf will have become entirely exterminated |
