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Alb Quarrell holding his prized thylacine kill, 1921. Courtesty Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Why did the Tasmanian tiger go extinct?

Australia accounts for one-third of all contemporary mammal extinctions worldwide. At least ten species and six subspecies of Australian marsupials have become extinct following European settlement, and…
A Tasmanian tiger is strung up by its hind legs. AAP/Supplied

Dingoes may have wiped out Tasmanian tiger on mainland

Dingoes were twice the size of female thylacines and could have caused their extinction on mainland Australia through direct attacks, a new Sydney [study](http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0034877?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+plosone%2FEvolutionaryBiology+(PLoS+ONE+Alerts%3A+Evolutionary+Biology…

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