Dr Douglass Rovinskyさんのイラストまとめ

I can't get over just how cute I think this little echidna I made for a presentation is:

So, here's where the thylacine fits within all these bitey critters.
You can see that the shapeworld of anger-faced animals is basically divided into danger-cats 🐱 and snippy-snap-dogs 🐶. Including the marsupials!
Now then, is the thylacine convergent with anyone?
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One of the most obvious aspects of the thylacine is that they don't really look much like any marsupial living today.
They do, however, look a lot like placental canids (wolves, dogs & relatives).
So much so that they are sometimes known as the 'marsupial wolf'!
🎨: Carl Buell

@tmkeesey

Really cool #dinosaur #fossils from Brazil! 🦖
Lots of discussion regarding monodactyly; intriguingly, the pes is reminiscent of a less-reduced ostrich. Would be interested to see comparative data!

https://t.co/izt5ntMI4E

Sneak peak at upcoming work with @TIPollock : cat, or vampire?

A skull you don't see often - a South American maned wolf* (Chrysocyon brachyurus). Look at how long and lean that face is; almost dainty, in a Pinocchio-like way! #skull #manedwolf #wolves

*not closely related to the gray wolf/other wolf-like canids, 'cause that'd be too easy