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Ethan James

Tassie tiger could have lived to early 2000s: study

The last captive thylacine died in the 1930s but exactly when they became extinct remains a mystery. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

The Tasmanian tiger could have survived in the wild for decades longer than thought, potentially into the early 2000s, and there is a "very small" chance it still exists, a study suggests.

Researchers at the University of Tasmania analysed more than 1200 unique reported observational records from 1910 onwards and mapped the marsupial's decline.

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