A Chromosome-Scale Hybrid Genome Assembly of the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)
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DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac048
Abstract: The extinct Tasmanian tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was a large marsupial carnivore native to Australia. Once ranging across parts of the mainland, the species remained only on the island of Tasmania by the time… read more here.
Keywords: chromosome scale; thylacine; genome; biology ... See more keywords
Estimating the extinction date of the thylacine with mixed certainty data
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DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13037
Abstract: The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), one of Australia's most characteristic megafauna, was the largest marsupial carnivore until hunting, and potentially disease, drove it to extinction in 1936. Although thylacines were restricted to Tasmania for 2 millennia… read more here.
Keywords: extinction; thylacine; estimating extinction; biology ... See more keywords
Reconstruction of the Cortical Maps of the Tasmanian Tiger and Comparison to the Tasmanian Devil
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168993
Abstract: The last known Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)–aka the thylacine–died in 1936. Because its natural behavior was never scientifically documented, we are left to infer aspects of its behavior from museum specimens and historical recollections of… read more here.
Keywords: reconstruction; devil; thylacine; tasmanian tiger ... See more keywords