@Pootle was interested in finding a collective noun for a group of Thylacine. A couple of suggestions have been given, but if you have a better idea we’d love to hear it (comment below if you choose the third option). Extra credit if you can shoehorn some alliteration into your collective noun or come up with a creative meaning e.g. A Flame of Thylacines: Flame represents how the species has burned out (become extinct); the wildfires that are common in the Australian bush; their colouration; and their markings which look like dancing flames against the night sky.
Thylacines weren’t strictly solitary. According to The Australian Museum, they were known to hunt in pairs and females and their young lived in family groups like other ‘solitary’ species - tigers, leopards etc. If we can have a streak or tigers and a leap of leopards, then I’m sure Thylacines deserve something.
I hate collective noun since i can't remember them, so I say "a bunch of thylacines", just like every single other animals
Perhaps they could be referred to as a “Snuff”; which can refer to either humans exterminating them to the point of extinction, the way that they snuff out their prey, (no pun intended), or possibly both definitions at once. But to be honest, I am not so certain.
Not quite, but that ain’t a bad idea either. What I meant was to just say thylacines as a opposed it a ________ of thylacines.
A Flame of Thylacines Thank you to everyone who voted. As per the results of the vote, we have decided that the collective noun for a group of Thylacines will be a flame. Thank you to @MRJ, @Bengal Tiger, @Austin the Sengi, @Mr.Ivory and @gentle lemur for alternative suggestions. Here is a flame of Thylacines to illustrate: Source: File:Thylacine cubs.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
