#tasmaniantiger — Public Fediverse posts
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“A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about #Australia's #thylacine, finding the native apex predator known as the ‘ #TasmanianTiger ’ was significantly different from the wolves and wild dogs it was likened to before being hunted to #extinction.”
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tiger-wolf-australian-thylacine-skull.html #science #biology #anatomy #genetics #marsupial #tasmania
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“A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about #Australia's #thylacine, finding the native apex predator known as the ‘ #TasmanianTiger ’ was significantly different from the wolves and wild dogs it was likened to before being hunted to #extinction.”
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tiger-wolf-australian-thylacine-skull.html #science #biology #anatomy #genetics #marsupial #tasmania
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“A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about #Australia's #thylacine, finding the native apex predator known as the ‘ #TasmanianTiger ’ was significantly different from the wolves and wild dogs it was likened to before being hunted to #extinction.”
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tiger-wolf-australian-thylacine-skull.html #science #biology #anatomy #genetics #marsupial #tasmania
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“A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about #Australia's #thylacine, finding the native apex predator known as the ‘ #TasmanianTiger ’ was significantly different from the wolves and wild dogs it was likened to before being hunted to #extinction.”
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tiger-wolf-australian-thylacine-skull.html #science #biology #anatomy #genetics #marsupial #tasmania
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“A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about #Australia's #thylacine, finding the native apex predator known as the ‘ #TasmanianTiger ’ was significantly different from the wolves and wild dogs it was likened to before being hunted to #extinction.”
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tiger-wolf-australian-thylacine-skull.html #science #biology #anatomy #genetics #marsupial #tasmania
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Hunting with thylacines
* "They used to tell stories about going hunting with thylacines," Djalama man Joey Nganjmirra.
"Arnhem Land rock art raises questions about Tasmanian tigers living on mainland" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/thylacine-rock-art-arnhem-land-tasmanian-tiger-mainland/106528418* "The last known thylacine...died in captivity at Hobart's Beaumaris Zoo on September 7, 1936, due to neglect and exposure to extreme weather. The species was officially extinct in 1986, following decades of state-sponsored bounty hunting, habitat destruction, and disease that decimated the population" >>
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/extinction-of-thylacine#thylacines #TasmanianTiger #Indigenouspeoples #djankerrk #RockArt #biodiversity #extinction #settlersociety