Yes, the Jardin des Plantes Menagerie acquired a pair of thylacines in 1886 where they lived for about five years; both of these thylacines had spent a short while in London Zoo before being sent to Paris.
And, yes, this is an amazing gallery; one of my very favourite museum exhibits.
The whole museum is very impressive . I was sat in the cafe having a sandwich when a simulated thunder storm was activated , this was very realistic with great flashes of lightening .
Was anyone lucky enough to see the legendary kouprey exhibited here ?
i saw the mounted kouprey at the grand galerie in 2008. As no flash photos are allowed my attempts to take pictures failed. It seems the kouprey has not been displayed again since then.
The majority of thylacine museum mounts seem to be presented in this fashion- a rather crouched position and with the tail bent rather like a dog's. Whereas in reality the tail was more pole-shaped and normally held either rigid or curved at the terminal end rather than at the root.
They can't help the colour fading of course from long term display. The true mousey-grey/brown ground colour and blackish-coloured stripes only being retained in those skins and specimens which are protected from the light.
