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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

Remains of last Tasmanian tiger discovered after decades-long mystery

Tasmanian Museum and art gallery

The mystery surrounding the remains of the last known Tasmanian tiger has been solved with the discovery of the animal’s skin and skeleton in a cupboard of an Australian museum.

The female thylacine or Tasmanian tiger died at the Hobart Zoo on 7 September 1936, marking an end to her species.

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