Tiny Terror: Mini 'Tasmanian Tiger' Could Hunt Bigger Prey

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 20:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An extinct marsupial hunter only the size of a fox may have hunted prey larger than itself, researchers say.This predatory ability makes the ancient creature different from its most recent living relative, the also-extinct thylacine, or "Tasmanian tiger.

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