Marsupial wolf or Tasmanian tiger? Extinct Australian thylacine was more cat than dog, researchers find

via sciencedaily.com

Previously thought to belong to the dog species, the thylacine has now been shown to belong to the cat species. Although it's had and jaws resemble wolves, its body is a cat's body, and it hunted like cats do. Sadly the last of its kind died off in a zoo in 1936. It was driven to extinction by the introduction of the dingo to its natural habitat, Australia.The thylacine was a marsupial with a pouch that opened to the back.