ßtamped PROOF British Museum. Pristine condition
Description CAT NO: 1085
Gould's names: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacinus
Current names: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacine
Photographer:
Australian Museum Photography
Illustrator:
H.C. Richter for John Gould
Rights:
© Australian Museum Research Library
Additional information
EXTINCT
Last known living Thylacine died in captivity 1936.
'When the comparatively small island of Tasmania becomes more densely populated, and its primitive forests are intersected with roads from the eastern to the western coast, the numbers of this singular animal will speedily diminish, extermination will have its full sway, and it will then, like the Wolf in England and Scotland, be recorded as an animal of the past'
John Gould, The Mammals of Australia, 1845-1863
Description CAT NO: 1085
Gould's names: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacinus
Current names: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacine
Photographer:
Australian Museum Photography
Illustrator:
H.C. Richter for John Gould
Rights:
© Australian Museum Research Library
Additional information
EXTINCT
Last known living Thylacine died in captivity 1936.
'When the comparatively small island of Tasmania becomes more densely populated, and its primitive forests are intersected with roads from the eastern to the western coast, the numbers of this singular animal will speedily diminish, extermination will have its full sway, and it will then, like the Wolf in England and Scotland, be recorded as an animal of the past'
John Gould, The Mammals of Australia, 1845-1863