Posts tagged thylacine

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The last of the thylacines held in captivity, 1933. Died in 1936.

“Benjamin”, possibly a female, was captured earlier the same year the video was taken. We actually don’t know if the zookeepers had a pet name for the thylacine (or its gender), and it seems pretty unlikely, given that s/he died of neglect. An extremely hot day followed by a bitterly cold night while accidentally locked out of its shelter led to dehydration and hypothermia. The only thing that was really recorded about her was that she was “not old” when she died, and she probably could have lived a lot longer if she was actually cared for.

The only laws protecting thylacines were passed just 59 days before her death.

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pocketmonstersirl: thylacine

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opaquemountains: Two thylacines, a wolflike marsupial of the forest areas of Tasmania, often called Tasmanian Wolves, stand in the doorway to their outside enclosure at the original Animal House at the National Zoological Park.

opaquemountains:

Two thylacines, a wolflike marsupial of the forest areas of Tasmania, often called Tasmanian Wolves, stand in the doorway to their outside enclosure at the original Animal House at the National Zoological Park.

“Dog-headed thyloeinus” This is either a miniature thylacine, or a damn giant of a platypus…thylacines ranged from 40-70 lbs (20-30 kg) as adults (they were about the size of a small greyhound, but built more for stamina than speed), and platypuses are considered BIG if they reach 6 lbs (2.6 kg). Roosevelt’s Thrilling Experiences in the Wilds of Africa Hunting Big Game. Marshall Everett, 1909.* *No, this scene is not from Africa. It is from an account of another explorer later in the book, who went to Tasmania

“Dog-headed thyloeinus”

This is either a miniature thylacine, or a damn giant of a platypus…thylacines ranged from 40-70 lbs (20-30 kg) as adults (they were about the size of a small greyhound, but built more for stamina than speed), and platypuses are considered BIG if they reach 6 lbs (2.6 kg).

Roosevelt’s Thrilling Experiences in the Wilds of Africa Hunting Big Game. Marshall Everett, 1909.*

*No, this scene is not from Africa. It is from an account of another explorer later in the book, who went to Tasmania

Aboriginal art at Ubirr This ~2200 y.o. drawing of a thylacine is on a cave rock in Ubirr, an aboriginal holy site in the Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory of Australia. There is art depicting indigenous wildlife, local spirits, and the aborigines themselves. Since approximately 40,000 years ago, the many rock outcroppings at Ubirr have been painted and re-painted, but the pigment used on this illustration has been dated to (roughly) 200 B.C.E.  The thylacine is known to have been extinct in this area for over 2000 years. Kakadu National Park and Aboriginal Culture

Aboriginal art at Ubirr

This ~2200 y.o. drawing of a thylacine is on a cave rock in Ubirr, an aboriginal holy site in the Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory of Australia. There is art depicting indigenous wildlife, local spirits, and the aborigines themselves. Since approximately 40,000 years ago, the many rock outcroppings at Ubirr have been painted and re-painted, but the pigment used on this illustration has been dated to (roughly) 200 B.C.E. 

The thylacine is known to have been extinct in this area for over 2000 years.

Kakadu National Park and Aboriginal Culture

The Tasmanian Tiger - Thylacinus cynocephalus The Mammals of Australia. Krefft, from photographs by Victor A. Prout, 1869.

The Tasmanian Tiger - Thylacinus cynocephalus

The Mammals of Australia. Krefft, from photographs by Victor A. Prout, 1869.

Random images, I guess?

I’ll post these all again soon (probably within the next week), with proper citation. But here are a few cool previously-unposted images, picked at random.

Thylacinus cynocephalus So I was reading more about the thylacine, and it turns out that conservation measures WERE actually made law regarding them!….except, they were made law in 1936, after Benjamin died. :|  Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. 1850.

Thylacinus cynocephalus

So I was reading more about the thylacine, and it turns out that conservation measures WERE actually made law regarding them!….except, they were made law in 1936, after Benjamin died. :| 

Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. 1850.

The last thylacine ever, in Hobart, Tasmania. His name was Benjamin. The thylacine jaws could open over 120 degrees, but were not particularly strong. Actually, compared to other carnivores (like the Tasmanian Devil), they had quite weak jaws. I wonder why they could open so wide, but not chomp down? I mean, I’m sure the two traits go together (the longer the muscle, the more it takes to make it strong), but I wonder about the origin of the traits.

The last thylacine ever, in Hobart, Tasmania. His name was Benjamin.

The thylacine jaws could open over 120 degrees, but were not particularly strong. Actually, compared to other carnivores (like the Tasmanian Devil), they had quite weak jaws. I wonder why they could open so wide, but not chomp down? I mean, I’m sure the two traits go together (the longer the muscle, the more it takes to make it strong), but I wonder about the origin of the traits.

Thylacine and Wombat Lithograph from Instructive Picture Book, from 1877. It was published in Hobart, but the author is unknown. Thylacines LOVED to eat wombats and wallabies for a quick meal.

Thylacine and Wombat

Lithograph from Instructive Picture Book, from 1877. It was published in Hobart, but the author is unknown.

Thylacines LOVED to eat wombats and wallabies for a quick meal.

Thylacines at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania This photograph was taken in 1910. The thylacines in this photograph are siblings, and I think they were the last litter ever born.

Thylacines at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania

This photograph was taken in 1910. The thylacines in this photograph are siblings, and I think they were the last litter ever born.

Marsupials. Zebra wolf = thylacine = Tasmanian wolf/tiger.  Zoology. Frederick Warne, 1800s.

Marsupials. Zebra wolf = thylacine = Tasmanian wolf/tiger. 

Zoology. Frederick Warne, 1800s.

Ahhh, the now-extinct Thylacine. An extermination campaign gone entirely too well. Thylacines were one of only two marsupials to have pouches on both genders; the male pouch was originally thought to be vestigial, but was later discovered to protect the external genitalia of the males while running through the very thick brush. ————————— From A Handbook to the Masupialia and Monotremata by Richard Lydekker. 1896. Part of the Lloyd’s Natural History series.

Ahhh, the now-extinct Thylacine. An extermination campaign gone entirely too well. Thylacines were one of only two marsupials to have pouches on both genders; the male pouch was originally thought to be vestigial, but was later discovered to protect the external genitalia of the males while running through the very thick brush.

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From A Handbook to the Masupialia and Monotremata by Richard Lydekker. 1896.

Part of the Lloyd’s Natural History series.