Why We're Not Sure How (And If) the Tasmanian Tiger Went Extinct
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PublishedMar 23, 2025
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Watch the bonus episode about the possibility of the thylacine existing in New Guinea here:
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References:
[1] https://thylacoleo.proboards.com/thread/1465/thylacine-skull-dog
[2] https://www.tesble.com/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb02233.x
[3] http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/biology/anatomy/external/external_anatomy_9.htm#:~:text=Elevation%20of%20the%20thylacine's%20tail,the%20animal's%20centre%20of%20gravity.
[4] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982217310813
[5] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-021-01788-8
[6] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31716520/
[7] http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/biology/behaviour/behaviour_5.htm
[8] http://www.thylacine.psu.edu/papers/johnson2003.pdf
[9] https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/142/1/91/2691231?redirectedFrom=fulltext
[10] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0364
[11] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723014948