Thylacinus cynocephalus
Object Details
- Collector
- F. W. Goding
- This pregnant female was originally collected by Hector Turner, living near Cluan, in the Western Tiers, Tasmania, Australia, and was shipped with her three offspring (USNM 115365, 125345, and 155408) from the Launceston City Park Zoo (fide Robert Paddle) to NZP (arriving there on 3 Sep 1902). Skin on exhibit in the Behring Family Hall of Mammals (Nov 2003 - )
- GenBank submission and publication: Krajewski,C., Driskell,A.C., Baverstock,P.R. and Braun,M.J. 1992. Phylogenetic relationships of the thylacine (Mammalia: Thylacinidae) among dasyuroid marsupials: evidence from cytochrome b DNA sequences. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 250 (1327), 19-27.
- Record Last Modified
- 30 Jul 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Collection Date
- 4 Nov 1904
- Accession Number
- 000000
- Other Numbers
- Mammals Field Number : NZP 691
- Other Catalog Number : A0049723
- NZP Catalog Number : 4659
- USNM Number
- 124662
- Preparation
- Mounted skin
- Skeleton
- Skull
- Remarks
- skin mounted 03 May 1905
- Sex
- Female
- Place
- Captive Specimen: National Zoological Park (NZP), Locality Unknown
- Published Name
- Thylacinus cynocephalus
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- Vertebrate Zoology
- Mammals
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Metatheria, Dasyuromorphia, Thylacinidae
- NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
- Record ID
- nmnhvz_7246644
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ca8558c7-ab21-4aeb-a65f-7f7a44537190
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