14 Animals That Were Driven to Extinction By Humans

13. Tasmanian Tiger

Properly known as the thylacine, the Tasmanian tiger was indeed one of a kind. Alongside the water opossum, the Tasmanian tiger was one of two known species to have a pouch in both sexes. The dog-like animal was a tremendously successful hunter, a trait that turned out to be a contributing factor to its ultimate downfall. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, bounties placed on the head of the Tasmanian tiger along with habitat destruction and disease helped drive the shy animal out of existence. Though it’s officially extinct, there are still occasional sightings of Tasmanian tigers to this day.