Resolving when (and where) the Thylacine went extinct

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Brook, Barry W., Sleightholme, Stephen R., Campbell, Cameron R., Jarić, Ivan, Buettel, Jessie C.
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 10.09.2021
• Edition: 1.2
• Subjects: Zoology

Like the Dodo and Passenger Pigeon before it, the predatory marsupial Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), or ‘Tasmanian tiger’, has become an iconic symbol of human-caused extinction. The last captive animal died in 1936, but even today reports of the Thylacine’s possible ongoing survival in remote...