袋狼在1936年前，因歐洲殖民者為保護畜牧的獵殺、設陷阱與投毒而滅絕。然而，最新對73個袋狼頭骨的形態學分析指出，這項指控缺乏生物力學依據。研究顯示，袋狼細長而脆弱的下顎無法承受咬住大型、激烈掙扎獵物（如羊）所需的力量。相反，牠們的顎部構造更適合捕食體型接近兔子的中小型哺乳動物，例如袋狸。
The thylacine went extinct after European colonists hunted, trapped, and poisoned them by 1936 to stop them from killing sheep. However, a recent study of 73 thylacine skulls shows they were wrongly blamed: their long, delicate jaws were not strong enough to subdue large, struggling prey such as sheep. Instead, thylacines likely hunted small, rabbit‑sized animals like bandicoots.
https://www.earth.com/animals/tasmanian-tiger-skull-sheep-myth/
