In the distant past they also populated the continent of Australia,  but became extinct about 2000 years ago.It is possible they pushed out by competion by the Dingo, hunted by humans and suffered from the loss of their usual habitat. 

They carried their young in pouches as do other marsupials like the kangaroo and the koala. They also sported a long, heavy, kangaroo-like tail.  The animals were also referred to as

Their  primary food source were small mammals like wallabies, kangaroos and rats.

Tasmanian Sitings

In 1995, a park ranger spotted what looked like a Tasmanian Tiger in the Pyengana region of Tasmania.

Mainland Sitings

In 1995 the government launched an investigation to try and find the tiger. Also, many amateur cryptozoologists have searched for the animals. So far, if the tigers are still alive, they have evaded science's eyes.