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NAA: A1200, L35618

View multiple pages Rotate image View single page Title TITLE: Fauna - Animals - This photograph of a Tasmanian Wolf or Tiger (thylacine) in captivity was taken in Hobart Zoo about 1933 and is one of the few in existence showing the animal alive - Hopes are still held that the animal is not extinct and that a few specimens may still be surviving in the very rugged mountains ranges in the west of Australia's island State of Tasmania, but recent searches have failed to discover any trace of the Thylacine - The ancestors of this marsupial carnivore came to Australia along with the ancestors of all other Australian marsupials over the then existing land bridges more than 100 million years ago - The apparent similarity of the Thylacine to a dog or wolf provides a remarkable example of the working of the laws of evolution CATEGORY: photograph FORMAT: b&w negative TYPE: cellulose acetate STATUS: preservation material Contents range Series number A1200 Control symbol L35618 Access status Open Barcode 11450586







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