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Confirmation of the gender of the last captive Thylacine.

Authors :
Sleightholme, Stephen R.
Source :
Australian Zoologist; Dec2011, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p953-956, 4p
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

The gender of the last captive thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) or Tasmanian tiger has been a point of debate since its death at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania on the night of the 7<superscript>th</superscript> September 1936. Recent detailed examination of a single frame from the historic motion film footage taken by Dr David Fleay in 1933 has confirmed that the thylacine was male. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00672238
Volume :
35
Issue :
4
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Australian Zoologist
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
73026194
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.047