THE
THYLACINE MUSEUM |
SITE
INTRODUCTION
Foreword
by Col Bailey |
Introducing
the Thylacine |
Section introduction |
What
is a Thylacine? |
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Scientific
Discovery and Taxonomy |
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Early
Recollections |
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Biology |
Section introduction |
Anatomy |
Subsection introduction |
External Anatomy |
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Magnified View of the Thylacine's Coat |
Internal Anatomy |
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Rotating View of the Brain |
Skull and Skeleton |
Subsection introduction |
Skull |
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Skull (CT Scan) |
Dentition |
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Dentition (3D Dentition Animation) |
Post-cranial Skeleton |
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Anatomical Diagrams of the Skull
A Comparison of the Thylacine and Wolf Skull
A Comparison of the Thylacine and Wolf Dentition
Rotating View of the Skull |
Magnified Views |
Subsection introduction |
Cranium - Lateral
Cranium - Palatal
Mandible
Complete Skull
Skeleton |
Mistaken Identity |
Reproduction
and Development |
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Behaviour |
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Animation of a Thylacine Standing Bipedally
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Palaeontology |
Section introduction |
Australia
and the Marsupials |
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Fossil
Thylacines |
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Prehistoric
Range of the Thylacine |
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History |
Section introduction |
Persecution |
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The
Tasmanian Bushmen |
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Expeditions
and Searches |
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Excerpt from 'The Tasmanian Tiger', 1964
Excerpt from 'Tiger Country', 1973 |
Extinction
vs. Survival |
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Excerpt from Alison Reid Interview, 1996 |
Alleged Mainland Thylacine Sightings |
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Film of a Possible Thylacine - South Australia, 1973 |
Magnificent
Survivor |
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The
Thylacine in Captivity |
Section introduction |
Zoos,
Circuses and Menageries |
Subection introduction |
Tasmania |
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Excerpt from Alison Reid Interview, 1996
Archival footage from the Beaumaris Zoo (QD), circa 1928 |
Mainland Australia |
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Internationally |
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Circuses and Menageries |
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Benjamin
- The Last Captive Thylacine |
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Historical Platypus Film - Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, 1943
The Thylacine Memorial Book
The Thylacine Memorial Book (old entries) |
The
Historical Thylacine Films |
Subection introduction |
Film 1
Film 2
Film 3
Film 4
Film 5
Film 6
Film 7
Film 8
Film 9
Film 10
Tucker's Thylacine Photographs
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Burrell's
Thylacine Photographs |
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The
Thylacine in Art |
Section introduction |
Aboriginal
Rock Art |
Subsection introduction |
Image one - Gabarnmung Cave, Arnhem Land, NT
Image two - Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, NT
Image three - Angel Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA
Image four - Angel Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA
Image five - Arnhem Land, NT
Image six - Upper East Alligator River, Arnhem Land, NT
Image seven - Malgawo, Arnhem Land, NT
Image eight - Mt. Gilruth, Arnhem Land, NT
Image nine - Northern Territory
Image ten - Kakadu National Park, NT
Image eleven - Magarni, near Nabarlek, Arnhem Land, NT
Image twelve - unknown locality
Image thirteen - Injalak Hill, Arnhem Land, NT
Image fourteen - Burrup Peninsula, WA
Image fifteen - Kimberley, WA
Image sixteen - Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, NT
Image seventeen - Arnhem Land, NT
Image eighteen - Injalak Hill, Arnhem Land, NT
Image nineteen - Kakadu National Park, NT
Image twenty - Kakadu National Park, NT
Image twenty-one - Kakadu National Park, NT
Image twenty-two - Kakadu National Park, NT
Image twenty-three - unknown locality
Image twenty-four - Drysdale River, Kimberley, WA
Image twenty-five - Arnhem Land, NT
Image twenty-six - West Arnhem Land, NT
Image twenty-seven - Kakadu National Park, NT
Image twenty-eight - Kakadu National Park, NT |
Natural
History Illustration |
Subsection introduction |
Image one - Henry C. Richter
Image two - Henry C. Richter
Image three - Joseph Wolf
Image four - John Smit
Image five - Charles R. Knight
Image six - Gustav Mützel
Image seven - Gustav Mützel
Image eight - William H. Lizars
Image nine - Harriet Scott
Image ten - unknown artist
Image eleven - Helmut Diller
Image twelve - unknown artist
Image thirteen - Joseph M. Gleeson
Image fourteen - Bayzand
Image fifteen - John W. Lewin
Image sixteen - Heinrich Leutemann
Image seventeen - Friedrich Specht
Image eighteen - unknown artist
Image nineteen - unknown artist
Image twenty - James Basire
Image twenty-one - Fournier
Image twenty-two - Pierre Amédée Varin
Image twenty-three - Joseph Wolf
Image twenty-four - Jean Louis Coutant
Image twenty-five - unknown artist
Image twenty-six - Karl J. Brodtmann
Image twenty-seven - Karl J. Brodtmann
Image twenty-eight - Karl J. Brodtmann
Image twenty-nine - Robert Kretschmer
Image thirty - unknown artist
Image thirty-one - unknown artist
Image thirty-two - unknown artist
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Image thirty-four - unknown artist
Image thirty-five - unknown artist
Image thirty-six - unknown artist
Image thirty-seven - Friedrich W. Kuhnert
Image thirty-eight - Friedrich W. Kuhnert
Image thirty-nine - unknown artist
Image forty - Paul Neumann-Karlsberg
Image forty-one - J. W. Wood
Image forty-two - Hans J. Kull
Image forty-three - unknown artist
Image forty-four - Walter W. Ferguson
Image forty-five - L. Kubinyi
Image forty-six - Rod Scott
Image forty-seven - Jay H. Matternes
Image forty-eight - unknown artist
Image forty-nine - Friedrich Specht
Image fifty - Friedrich W. Kuhnert
Image fifty-one - Merral
Image fifty-two - Robert Kretschmer
Image fifty-three - unknown artist
Image fifty-four - unknown artist
Image fifty-five - unknown artist
Image fifty-six - J. B. Zwecker
Image fifty-seven - A. Kull
Image fifty-eight - unknown artist
Image fifty-nine - Ángel Cabrera
Image sixty - unknown artist
Image sixty-one - Edward Lear
Image sixty-two - Carl Ritter von Dombrowski
Image sixty-three - unknown artist
Image sixty-four - Heinrich Leutemann
Image sixty-five - Emmanuel Le Maout
Image sixty-six - Lilian Medland
Image sixty-seven - unknown artist
Image sixty-eight - E. A. King
Image sixty-nine - unknown artist
Image seventy - Peter Schouten
Image seventy-one - Samuel Calvert |
Postage
Stamps |
Subsection introduction |
Australia - 1981
Australia - 1981 (Endangered Species commemorative series)
Australia - 1981 (first day cover)
Australia - 1981 (first day cover)
Australia - 1981 (first day cover)
Australia - 1959-1962
Australia - 1962 (first day cover)
Australia - 1962 (first day cover)
Australia - 1991 (commemorative envelope)
Equatorial Guinea
Federated States of Micronesia - 1999
Australia - 2004 (first day cover)
Tanzania
Australia - 2008
Australia - 2008 (Australian Megafauna commemorative series)
Australia - 2008 (first day cover)
Australia - 2008 (maximum card)
Tasmania - Stamp Duty
Mozambique - 2012: souvenir sheet
Mozambique - 2012: Extinct Animals commemorative series
Togo - 2013: Extinct Species commemorative series
Republic of Niger - 2015
Republic of Guinee - 2016
Sierra Leone - 2016
Republic of Guinee - 2016
Central African Republic - 2016 |
Trading
Cards |
Subsection introduction |
Italy - 1953
Netherlands - 1955
Australia - circa 1907
Germany - 1930
Country and date unknown
France - circa 1880
Canada - 1915
United States - 1959
England - circa 1978
England - circa 1911-1917
Belgium - date unknown
England - circa 1912
Australia - 1910
Australia - circa 1950?
Australia - 1950s |
Modern
Research Projects |
Section introduction |
The
International Thylacine Specimen Database |
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The
Thylacine Genome Project |
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The
Thylacine Cloning Project |
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Additional |
Acknowledgments
In Memoriam - Eric Guiler and Heinz Moeller
About the Thylacine Museum
Thylacine Quiz
References
Referencing Thylacine Museum Content
Conditions of Use
Link Graphics |