The skeleton and skin of what is believed to be the last Tasmanian tiger have been stashed away in a cupboard at a museum in Tasmania, where experts lost track of the bizarre-looking creature.
According to Paddle, the thylacine – believed to be the very last of its kind – was an old female animal that had been captured by an Australian trapper and sold to a zoo in May 1936. But the sale was not recorded"because, at the time, ground-based snaring was illegal and [the trapper] could have been fined," Paddle explained.Dr.
Kathryn Medlock, Honorary Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, said they knew they'd found the missing remains after discovering an unpublished museum taxidermist's report dated 1936/37 that mentioned a thylacine among the list of specimens worked on during the year.While the Tasmanian tiger has vanished from the planet, it is possible it may roam the earth once again.
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