Thylacine living in zoo ?

[CambsVet]

Cambridge uni zoology museum has various bits although I dont know how much is on show but I guess if anyone ever wanted to view them they could easily be found and brought out. According to quick search they have atleast a couple of skeletons and skins (one of each male and female) and possibly some from a juvenile. Also it says several organs are in pots notably the intestines and also the pouch. But I cant for the life of me remember if a whole one is on display and I was only in there the other day?!

 

[TeaLovingDave]

I’ve also been fortunate enough to be taken “behind the scenes” to see off-exhibit mounted thylacines in:-

• Booth Museum of Natural History (Brighton)
• National Museum (Cardiff)
• Oxford University Museum

I'm given to understand at least one of the thylacine mounts held at Oxford is the last thylacine from London Zoo, which if memory serves was also something like the fourth-to-last one recorded in the world.

 

[nanoboy]

Where exactly in the Natural History Museum is the thylacine?

(And where did patrick go?)

 

[Tim May]

I'm given to understand at least one of the thylacine mounts held at Oxford is the last thylacine from London Zoo

After the death of London Zoo's last thylacine in 1931 its body was certainly presented to the Oxford University Zoology Museum - where a detailed study was made of the anatomy of its head.

I thought, though, that its remains were preserved in spirit rather than being mounted?

 

[Dassie rat]

Where exactly in the Natural History Museum is the thylacine?

(And where did patrick go?)

Hallo Nanoboy

The thylacine is in the 'Mammal Gallery' on the ground floor to the left of Dippy the Diplodocus. It is near the 'Dinostore'.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

I thought, though, that its remains were preserved in spirit rather than being mounted?

Might well be - it was fact that they had it which stuck in my mind, was making an assumption when I said mount.

 

[carlos77]

a thylacine is mounted at the grand galerie de evolution musuem at the jardin des plantes in paris. It is most likely lived at the menagerie next door, as is the case of the quagga also mounted at this musuem. of course, all at the hall of extinct animals. it should be mentioned that sometimes the specimens are moved.

 

[nanoboy]

Hallo Nanoboy

The thylacine is in the 'Mammal Gallery' on the ground floor to the left of Dippy the Diplodocus. It is near the 'Dinostore'.

Cheers.

So enter the museum so that you are facing the big dinosaur, and the tassie tiger is somewhere off to the left on the ground floor. Cheers.

My brother works on the same street as the Natural History Museum, so I'll ask him to take a pic for me. I can't recall ever seeing it myself.

 

[DavidBrown]

Cheers.

So enter the museum so that you are facing the big dinosaur, and the tassie tiger is somewhere off to the left on the ground floor. Cheers.

My brother works on the same street as the Natural History Museum, so I'll ask him to take a pic for me. I can't recall ever seeing it myself.

I just found this picture of the London thylacine: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cenz/145794845/"]Thylacine | Flickr - Photo Sharing!@@AMEPARAM@@http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/11848145_62e56b687c_t.jpg@@AMEPARAM@@11848145@@AMEPARAM@@62e56b687c[/ame]

 

[DavidBrown]

I don't know why there is a black box instead of the photo, but if you click on the title it will take you to the photo.

 

[nanoboy]

Aha! I think I know where that is. It looks to be in one of those glass cases along a long corridor. There is also a mounted dodo there, which I think is actually a model of a dodo. (Can anyone confirm this?)

 

[zooboy28]

There are thylacines mounted in Berlin & Vienna Natural History Museums too, I would imagine they are probably in most older museums.

Here are pictures I took of thylacines in Berlin, London & Vienna:

 

[zooboy28]

Aha! I think I know where that is. It looks to be in one of those glass cases along a long corridor. There is also a mounted dodo there, which I think is actually a model of a dodo. (Can anyone confirm this?)

The one I put a photo up of is in the marsupial case in the mammal gallery.

 

[Tim May]

There are thylacines mounted in Berlin & Vienna Natural History Museums too,

London Zoo's third thylacine arrived at the zoo in 1856 and was sent to Berlin Zoo in 1864 where it subsequently died; this specimen holds the longevity record for the species outside of Australia.

I believe that this is the animal on display in the Berlin Museum.

 

[Tim May]

a thylacine is mounted at the grand galerie de evolution musuem at the jardin des plantes in paris. It is most likely lived at the menagerie next door, as is the case of the quagga also mounted at this musuem. of course, all at the hall of extinct animals. it should be mentioned that sometimes the specimens are moved.

The Jardin des Plantes Menagerie in Paris acquired two thylacines in 1886; both animals had spent a while in London Zoo before being sent to Paris.

 

[Pertinax]

Here are pictures I took of thylacines in Berlin, London & Vienna:

I would like to see more photos of mounted Thylacines on here if any one has them.

Best of these three I think is the Vienna specimen, at least the head resembles the live animal. Most are pretty badly mounted and are very faded too, giving a false impression of both the animal's appearance and colour.

 

[CambsVet]

Aha! I think I know where that is. It looks to be in one of those glass cases along a long corridor. There is also a mounted dodo there, which I think is actually a model of a dodo. (Can anyone confirm this?)

I think that it was put together fairly recently, WW2 era?? I dont know how much is real dodo and how much is from a turkey/other bird

 

[DDcorvus]

This thread seems to be the central hub of Zoochat thylacine conversation so I'm posting my queries here rather than start a new thread.

1. Does anybody know where the museums are that people can actually see a thylacine? I saw one at the London Natural History Museum. I looked for one at the Smithsonian but didn't see one. I see in the gallery that there are pictures of thylacines at Dresden. I assume that there must be some on view at Australian museums?

There is also one on display at the Natural History museum in Brussels together with some nice pictures and info on the extinction.

 

[Tim May]

I would like to see more photos of mounted Thylacines on here if any one has them.

There is also one on display at the Natural History museum in Brussels together with some nice pictures and info on the extinction.

I loaded a couple of photographs of the Brussels thylacine in 2010; see links below:-

http://www.zoochat.com/683/thylacine-natural-history-museum-brussels-14th-150296/

http://www.zoochat.com/683/thylacine-natural-history-museum-brussels-14th-150281/

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Although not a stuffed specimen, I shall have to upload my photos of the thylacine skeleton at Manchester Museum - if memory serves, it is mounted next to a wolf skeleton, allowing easy comparison between the two.