Tasmanian tiger's cousin a more fearsome killer

By Nicky Phillips
Updated May 19 2014 - 10:10am, first published April 11 2014 - 1:37pm
Potentially the cousin of a more ferocious killer: The Tasmanian tiger. Photo: Supplied
Potentially the cousin of a more ferocious killer: The Tasmanian tiger. Photo: Supplied
Potentially the cousin of a more ferocious killer: The Tasmanian tiger.  Photo: Supplied
Potentially the cousin of a more ferocious killer: The Tasmanian tiger. Photo: Supplied

The Tasmanian tiger had the fierce name, but new research suggests a distant cousin was a more ferocious killer.