A purse wolf native to Australia and Tasmania was destroyed by hunters in the early 1900s. Dog-like animals were the largest purse predators, reaching as long as two feet, a third of which were their tails. The Tasmanian tiger got its name from the stripes on the back of his body, he was able to open his jaws almost 180 degrees. They were nocturnal animals, hunting other purses, kangaroos and birds alone and in small groups. They also discovered the flocks of sheep of the Australian settlers, so in the middle of the 19th century they launched a drive hunt against them and almost completely wiped out the species in a few decades. The species was declared protected in 1936, and the last specimen was destroyed at the Hobart Zoo that year.