距離上次的山藪羚之後，我有很長一段時間沒有發佈動物模型評測相關文章(一方面因為國內動物模型商進口速度太慢，所以現在每隔2年我會一口氣向海外採購動物，等有時間拍照修圖再慢慢上線介紹，轉眼間開站也過了4年，時間過得真快。這隻袋狼原本並不列在採購清單中，雖然歸類為冷門品種卻意外的廣受各大廠商青睞，C家的袋狼應該是目前市售模型掌握度最入木三分的ㄧ款，白色眼線/嘴唇塗裝看起來特別爽眼舒服，小巧玲瓏，臀部的條紋塗裝也很自然，我很少入手C家的肉食動物，總覺得他們家的肉食動物在骨架上比例偏骨感/瘦弱。底氣不足。袋狼育兒袋露出半截幼獸尾巴為亮點之一。顏色與它的母親一模一樣，並帶有深色條紋，可說是相當可愛。
袋狼大大張開嘴巴，現實生活中的袋狼能夠將嘴張開到令人難以置信的120度，儘管它們的咬合力非常弱。肌肉和光滑的皮毛雕刻得非常精美。這組模型無疑的是父母用來教育孩子滅絕動物的良好範例。 CollectA最近出了一些滅絕的動物，例如渡渡鳥、恐鳥和巨大的斯特勒海牛。它們的存在提醒我們人類對其他物種可怕的毀滅能力，除非積極努力改變，否則大家只會看到更多的動物加入入滅絕清單中。
袋狼 (資料來自於Wiki百科)
袋狼，現已全部滅絕，因其身上斑紋似虎，又名塔斯馬尼亞虎，曾廣泛分布於紐幾內亞熱帶雨林、澳大利亞草原等地，後因人類活動只分布於塔斯馬尼亞島。袋狼是近代體型最大的食肉有袋類動物，和其他有袋動物一樣，母體有育兒袋，產下不成熟的幼獸，在育兒袋中發育，為夜行性動物。
1770年英國探險家科克到澳大利亞探險以來，因為被懷疑襲擊羊群，所以被牧民所痛恨，然而多數事件的元兇其實是澳洲野犬。移民們把袋狼視為敵人，認為其為「殺羊魔」，並且在政府的獎賞制度鼓勵下進行大肆屠殺，加上其他因素——可能是疾病，狗的引入，和人類侵佔其棲息地——使其近乎絕跡。1888年塔斯馬尼亞政府更以每隻袋狼頭獎勵1英鎊，鼓勵農民殺死袋狼，此獎金計劃直至1909年停止。
1936年後不斷傳出有酷似袋狼的動物在紐幾內亞襲擊家畜的消息，也有許多目擊者聲稱他們看到袋狼，但卻沒有鐵證可以證明袋狼確實仍存於世。1967年有人在山洞中發現腐爛的動物屍體，經專家證實確為袋狼屍體，但對其是否為新鮮屍體或是多年前留下的乾屍，科學家看法分歧。袋狼是否已經滅絕，不得而知。但目前科學界普遍認為袋狼已經滅絕。
Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) (information from wikipedia)
The thylacine was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped lower back) or the Tasmanian wolf. Native to continental Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, it is believed to have become extinct in the 20th century. It was the last extant member of its family, Thylacinidae; specimens of other members of the family have been found in the fossil record dating back to the late Oligocene.
Surviving evidence suggests that it was a relatively shy, nocturnal creature with the general appearance of a medium-to-large-size dog, except for its stiff tail and abdominal pouch (reminiscent of a kangaroo) and dark transverse stripes that radiated from the top of its back, similar to those of a tiger. The thylacine was an apex predator, like the tigers and wolves of the Northern Hemisphere from which it obtained two of its common names. As a marsupial, it was not closely related to these placental mammals, but because of convergent evolution it displayed the same general form and adaptations. Its closest living relative is thought to be either the Tasmanian devil or the numbat. The thylacine was one of only two marsupials to have a pouch in both sexes (the other being the water opossum). The male thylacine had a pouch that acted as a protective sheath, covering his external reproductive organs while he ran through thick brush. The thylacine has been described as a formidable predator because of its ability to survive and hunt prey in extremely sparsely populated areas.
The thylacine had become extremely rare or extinct on the Australian mainland before British settlement of the continent, but it survived on the island of Tasmania along with several other endemic species, including the Tasmanian devil. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributing factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its habitat. Despite its official classification as extinct, sightings are still reported, though none has been conclusively proven.
