EXTINCT. The Tasmanian tiger looks like a mashup of a tiger and a wolf. But it is more closely related to kangaroos. Like kangaroos, Tasmanian tigers were marsupials with pouches on their bellies in which they raised their young. When settlers arrived on the island of Tasmania in the 1800s, Tasmanian tigers were treated like pests and the settlers hunted them to extinction. The last Tasmanian tiger to be seen alive died in a zoo in 1936. (Image via Wikipedia) Read More