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  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦊🧩 A taxidermied head bought at an #antique market as a #fox was identified as a #thylacine, the extinct #marsupial known as the Tasmanian #tiger.

    Only the second known mounted specimen, it was confirmed by X-ray and added to the International Thylacine Specimen Database. Researchers may sample its #teeth for #DNA.

    👉 sciencealert.com/antique-fox-h

    #tasmaniantiger #taxidermy #extinction #museum #science #archaeology #naturalhistory #history #australia #wildlife #animals

  2. “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.”

    phys.org/news/2026-08-tiger-wo #science #biology #anatomy #genetics #marsupial #tasmania