| Description |
xii, 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. What's in a name? -- 2. In the beginning: evolution -- 3. At the end: extinction -- 4. 'Pathetically little is known' -- 5. A rugged and determined front -- 6. Before the fall: Trowenna -- 7. A land in need of taming -- 8. Tall tales, tiger men and bounties -- 9. 'Them bloody useless things' -- 10. A bad finish: 7 September 1936 -- 11. A lost object of awe -- 12. We wake up too late -- 13. The tiger in commerce and art -- 14. Beating a seventy-year hiccup: cloning -- 15. Sightings and the science of survival |
| Summary |
The Tasmanian tiger, the world's largest marsupial predator, was deliberately hunted to extinction through fear, ignorance and greed. Told here is the complete story of the tiger: how it evolved, lived and was wiped out. It is based on 19th and 20th century records and includes descriptions from people claiming to have seen it recently |
| Analysis |
Thylacines |
|
Tasmania |
|
History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [215]-220 |
| Subject |
Rare animals -- Australia -- Tasmania.
|
|
Extinct animals -- Australia.
|
|
Thylacine.
|
| LC no. |
2003464256 |
| ISBN |
1865087580 : |
|
