What The Hell Am I?

Out of all the answers from last weeks What the Hell Am I post, only Andrew successfully guessed that the animal in question was the Black Dragonfish. That's one scary fish, perhaps the scariest fish that has ever graced these fine pages. Make no mistake about it, Andrew knows his scary fish. As he once told me a long time ago when we were getting drunk in a little bar on the outskirts of East Gwillimbury, he said, "Mr. Mayor, I know my scary fish". Andrew, I will never doubt you again.

The animal on display this week is a bizarre little number, let's get some info on it:

Native to Australia and New Guinea, it is thought to have become extinct in the 20th century. This animal showed many similarities to the members of the Canidae (dog) family of the Northern Hemisphere: sharp teeth, powerful jaws, raised heels and the same general body form. It filled the same ecological niche in Australia as the dog family did elsewhere, it developed many of the same features. Despite this, it is unrelated to any of the Northern Hemisphere predators.

They are easy to tell from a true dog because of the stripes on the back but the skeleton is harder to distinguish. This wee beastie ranged from 100 to 180 cm (39–71 in) long, including a tail of around 50 to 65 cm (19.6–25.5 in).[20] The largest measured specimen was 290 cm (9 ft 6 in) from nose to tail.[19] Adults stood about 60 cm (23.6 in) at the shoulder and weighed 20 to 30 kg (44–66 lb).[20] There was slight sexual dimorphism with the adult females being smaller than the males on average.

That's quite a bit of information, yet it is not very much information at all. How can it be that there is a lot of information but then again there isn't a lot of information? Let me ponder that for a spell, but as I ponder it, I want you to ponder this question:

What the Hell Am I?