袋狼已经灭绝，为什么当地人还在报告目击事件？_风闻

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The Australian government recently released a list of documented thylacine—also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf—sightings.

澳大利亚政府最近公布了一份记录在案的袋狼目击（也被称为塔斯马尼亚虎，或塔斯马尼亚狼）的清单。

The thylacine was thought to be extinct for the past eight decades and has yet to be officially spotted since the last one in captivity died in the early 1930s.

人们认为袋狼已经灭绝了八十多年了，而且自从最后一只圈养的袋狼死于三十年代初，还没有被正式发现过。     

It remains to be seen whether or not any reported thylacine sightings will be made official—something made especially difficult with no photographic proof or other hard evidence.

在没有照片为证或其他确凿证据的情况下，任何上报的袋狼目击事件是否会被正式确认还有待观察。

If the creatures are extinct, there may still be hope to see a living thylacine as scientists have replicated their DNA and may one day be able to use the genetic material to clone the animal.

如果这种生灵灭绝了，也许仍然有希望见到一只活的袋狼，因为科学家们已经复制了它们的基因，也许有一天可以用基因材料克隆出这种动物。

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Various reported sightings may be the key to finding the thought-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tiger, formally known as Thylacinus cynocephalus or, the thylacine.

各式各样的目击报告可能是找到被认为已经灭绝的塔斯马尼亚虎（正式名称为袋狼）的关键。

According to CNN, an official document was recently released by the Australian government detailing eight thylacine sightings beginning in September 2016 through September of this year.

根据CNN的说法，澳大利亚政府最近公布了一份官方文件，详细描述了八件发生自2016年9月至今年9月的袋狼目击事件。

If the sightings are indeed accurate, then thylacines can add another skill to their résumés: masters of mystery and concealment considering that the last known living Tasmanian tiger died in captivity in the fall of 1936.

如果这些目击事件是确凿的，那袋狼就能在它们的简历中再添上一项技能：玩神秘和躲猫猫大师，鉴于已知的最后一只活着的圈养袋狼死于1936年的秋天。

Native to the island state of Tasmania, thylacines have earned near mythical status as they remain to be officially documented but are constantly being seen by Tasmanian locals and visitors alike.

袋狼原产于塔斯马尼亚岛州，已经赢得了近乎神话般的地位，因为它们依然没有被正式记录，却一直不断地被塔斯马尼亚岛的当地人和游客之类的目击到。

Thylacines look like a mix between a large cat and medium sized dog with fur that varies between a yellowish tan and plain brown. The creatures are carnivores with strong jaws and both males and females have a pouch in which they hold their babies, like other marsupials like the kangaroo.

袋狼看上去像是大型猫和中型狗的混合，其皮毛颜色介于泛黄的棕褐色到纯棕色之间。这些生灵是食肉动物，有着强健的下颚，而且就像其他诸如袋鼠的有袋类动物那样，雄性和雌性都是有育儿袋的，可以把它们的幼崽装进去。

Although there is no official reason for the extinction of the thylacine, it’’s likely that their numbers dwindled after being extensively hunted by humans and dealing with increased competition from a growing dingo population.

虽然对于袋狼的灭绝没有给出过任何官方原因，但很可能的情况是：在遭到人类海量猎杀，以及种群数量不断增多的澳洲野犬带来的不断加剧的竞争后，它们的数量变少了。

If it turns out that thylacines actually have gone extinct, there’’s still hope for those who wish to see one; the Australian Museum replicated thylacine DNA back in 2002, making it potentially possible to bring the mysterious creature back to life.

如果最终证明袋狼确实已经绝灭，对于那些希望能目击到它们的人来说，仍是存在希望的；澳大利亚博物馆在2002年复制了袋狼的基因，这就使得复活这种神秘的生灵有了潜在的可能。