How to Use Tasmanian tiger in a Sentence
Tasmanian tiger
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The company is also working to revive the Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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In modern times, the Tasmanian tiger, the dodo, and the Steller's sea cow are but a few iconic examples of species lost as a result of human activity.
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Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Similar efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth, the thylacine — better known as the Tasmanian tiger — and another flightless bird, the moa, are also underway.
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Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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But their projects to bring back the woolly mammoth and other extinct species such as the dodo and the Tasmanian tiger have led some critics to take Colossal to task for tampering with nature just like in the movies.
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Mike Snider,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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In the past, Colossal has also revealed plans to revive other species of extinct animals like the Tasmanian tiger, New Zealand’s giant moa, and woolly mammoths.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Colossal is also making breakthroughs on its dodo bird and thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) projects, framing de-extinction not as spectacle, but as a tool for conservation, resilience and ethical reflection.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 Dec. 2025
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In 2023, Mármol Sánchez led a study that sequenced RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
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Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
15 Nov. 2025
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