Tasmanian tiger 2026.Mainland Australian introduction ?Parks Victoria not screening for thylacine.

This investigative breakdown exposes the archival oversight surrounding the final thylacine specimen at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, while connecting past institutional failures to the modern Mainland Thylacine Search. Historical data reveals that the famous zoo specimen known as "Benjamin"—a name later exposed as a historical fake—was not actually the last surviving Tasmanian tiger. Instead, a newly uncovered ...

Is the thylacine alive and in Papua New Guinea? While rumors persist of a phantom predator, evidence shows the "Tasmanian Tiger" does not exist there.New Guinea singing dog photographed in the wild for the first timecover imageJeremy Hance3 Dec 2012IndonesiaArticle Summary.Cropped close-up of New Guinea singing dog. This is arguably the first time the dingo-like canine has been photographed in the wild. Photo by: Tom Hewitt.A rarel...

"While institutional science focuses on these four genetic flaws regarding the thylacine's historic decline, my research applies this directly to the mainland Australian population. Because these gene losses occurred millions of years ago, any thylacines introduced or surviving on the mainland possessed the exact same genetic vulnerabilities as the isolated Tasmanian populations. Below is a summary of the genetic study:"November 11...

Life ScienceTasmanian tiger wrongfully hunted to extinctionSkull analysis reveals it hunted prey smaller than sheepJustine E. Hausheer • November 15, 2011Article Summary.Marie Attard and Christopher HammangA new examination of the skull of an extinct Tasmanian tiger, reported recently in the Journal of Zoology, suggests that the dog-like marsupial, also known as a thylacine, was mistakenly branded as a livestock killer and wrongful...

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Bug-eyed ‘fox head’ bought for £50 at market uncovered as priceless ‘holy grail’ antique. The ‘extremely rare’ Tasmanian tiger head was first bought for £50 at an antiques market. Harriette Boucher Tuesday 18 August 2026 13:01 BST.

A taxidermy “fox head” bought for £50 at an antiques market has sold for £50,000 after it was revealed to be a rare Tasmanian tiger. The t...

Ancient bone-crunching Territory thylacine femur uncovered near Alice SpringsBy Stewart Brash and Emma HaskinABC Alice SpringsTopic: PalaeontologyPosted yesterday 06/08/2026 at 6:43amA dusty fossil bed with bone The femur bone has been lying at the Alcoota fossil beds for 8 million years. (Supplied: Kirsti Abbott)In short: An intact Territory tiger (Thylacinus potens) femur has been discovered for the first time at the Alcoota Scie...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...Dingoes have been unjustly blamed for the extinctions on the Australian mainland of the Tasmanian tiger (or thylacine) and the Tasmanian devil, a University of Adelaide study has found. In a paper published in the journal Ecology, the researchers say that despite popular belief that the Australian dingo was to blame for the demise of thylacines and devils on the mainland about 3000 years ago,...

'Scientists have long believed the dog-sized marsupial predators, along with the Tasmanian devil, were driven to extinction on the mainland over 3,000 years ago, following the arrival of a new apex predator, the dingo.But paintings inside caves at northwest Arnhem Land in the Top End, showing both species, have been dated by Griffith University researchers at just 1,000 years old.The project’s lead, the university’s cha...

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science/T...Public records of the Wilsons Promontory National Park Committee of Management.Related Data Collector of VPRS 14555 Correspondence Files, Alphabetical Series, Secretary of the Committee of Management Collector of VPRS 14577 General Correspondence Files, Alphabetical System II, Committee of Management Collector of VPRS 3226 Outwards Letter Books, Committee of Management Collector of VPRS 3227 ...

In the past two years on mainland Australia three locally extinct marsupials have been found is the Tasmanian tiger next on mainland Australia?Marsupial Lead beaters possum -found in 2024/5 New south Wales after 200 years.Marsupial Tiger quoll -found in 2023 in South Australia after 130 years.Marsupial long footed Potoroo -found in 2023 in New South Wales after 30 years.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_jyJeBFc7w

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Hi Michael,

 Thank you for your enquiry.  We do use EnviroDNA for screening for extant threatened species. EnviroDNA is one of many tools in our monitoring toolkit. However, we do not screen for extinct species such as the Thylacine.

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Three mainland Tasmanian devils examined to see if they were introduced or remnant on the Australian mainland.The other two devils escaped from zoos.The three were from Tasmania and were dumped in the mainland Australian bush.Correction second Tasmanian devil on Mainland was found in 1971 not y1978 as i mention.The Tasmanian tiger has been extinct in Tasmania since late 1936.Tasmanian tiger also brought onto mainland Australia secr...