The remains of the last known thylacine were thought to be forever lost … until recently. <\/p>

The thylacine was an Australian marsupial, though dark stripes along its back led to it being given the nickname Tasmanian tiger.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, an encroaching human population, a changing landscape and, later on, a bounty on its head put the thylacine on a short path to extinction.<\/p>\n

More on the thylacine and other extinct wildlife:\u00a0<\/h4>\n
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The thylacine became extinct in the 1960s\u2026 or did it?<\/a><\/li>\n
Project plans to bring back the extinct thylacine<\/a><\/li>\n
Mark Carwardine: de-extinction is not the solution to the extinction crisis<\/a><\/li>\n
Should we bring back mammoths from extinction?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The last known member of the species died in captivity at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobert, in 1936, when it died of exposure after being left outside overnight.<\/p>\n
Its body travelled to the nearby Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery<\/a>, but for years curators and researchers couldn\u2019t find it among the collection and assumed the last thylacine had been discarded.<\/p>\n
That is until 2022 when museum curator Kathryn Medlock discovered an archived, unpublished taxidermist\u2019s report from 1936 that mentioned the specimen.<\/p>\n
After reviewing all the thylacine skins and skeletons in the collection and tracing them to their related records, one disarticulated skeleton and flattened skin remained \u2013 those of the last thylacine.<\/p>\n
They had once formed part of an educational exhibit, toured around schools, but can now be seen on display in the museum.<\/p>\n\n
Main image: A thylacine at Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, Australie. \u00a9 Dave Watts\/JACANA\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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