Thylacine
* The Australian Rare Fauna Research Association (ARFRA) has been
researching the possible existence of the Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine,
as well as big cats, in Australia since 1984. To date the ARFRA has
conducted over two thousand field research investigations, logged nearly
1,500 high quality Victorian sightings of these creatures, and compiled
a large collection of data on the subject. The ARFRA is always seeking
reports of unusual animal sightings, ancient, recent and current, from
anywhere in the Australian region, and has the largest database on
Australian cryptozoological subjects of any organization in the world.
* Beast of Buderim collects reports of sightings of Thylacines over the
last few years in the Buderim area (Sunshine Coast, Queensland).
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Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger
Scientists at the Australian Museum in Sydney seek to clone a Thylacine
using DNA from a pup preserved in alcohol since 1866. Following are
links to several articles about this attempt to bring back this
carnivorous marsupial from extinction.
* Thylacine - To clone or not to clone? is the Australian Museum's
official web site about the project to clone the thylacine. Offers
general information about the thylacine as well as information about the
cloning project itself.
* Cryptozoology offers an interview of Dr. Jeanette Muirhead of the
University of New South Wales conducted by Paul Willis. They discuss the
history of the Thylacine.
* National Thylacine Day by Linday M. Hatcher and Alex J. Saur
discusses the sixtieth anniversary -- September 7, 1996 -- of the death
of the last known Thylacine in captivity. This page provides information
on the Thylacine including a bibliography and links to Thylacine web
sites.
* Queensland Marsupial Tiger by Peter Darben discusses sightings of
this creature, also called the Beast of Buderim -- perhaps a living
Thylacine.
* QuickTime Movie of Thylacine shows the last Thylacine in captivity at
the Hobart Zoo, Australia in 1933.
* QuickTime Movie of Thylacine is another clip of a captive Thylacine.
* Search for Thylacoleo carnifex by Peter Hynes discusses sightings in
Victoria, Australia of an animal that some think might be a surviving
Thylacoleo carnifex, a marsupial predator assumed to have gone extinct
at the end of the Pleistocene.
* Tasmanian Tiger. from the University of New South Wales summarizes
what is known of the Thylacine.
* Tasmanian Wildlife - Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger from the Parks and
Wildlife Service, Tasmania discusses the Tasmanian Tiger and includes a
list of sightings since 1936, the last verified sighting.
* The Thylacine Museum by Cameron Campbell presents information about
the Thylacinus cynocephalus including films and photos, artifacts,
related Thylacine species, details about the Thylacine skulls, and more.
* My Thylacine Stamps lists some stamps depicting this extinct or
nearly extinct marsupial carnivore of Tasmania.
* Thylacinus cynocephalus offers a number of pictures of dead or caged
thylacines taken early in the twentieth century. Current page doesn't
have the nice old photos.
* Tour of tassie: Tasmanian Tiger discusses recent sightings of the
Thylacine in Tasmania. Includes a QuickTime movie of the last captive
thylacine, taken at the Hobart zoo in 1933.
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