Researchers from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart, Tasmania, have finally found the long-lost remains of the last known Tasmanian tiger, which have been missing for more than 85 years.

Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back.

It turns out they were hiding in plain sight – at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG), in the Australian island state, where they had been unidentified for more than 80 years.

This partial thylacine skull belongs to the last known Tasmanian tiger. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery The extinct animals were carnivorous marsupials native to Australia.

Long-Lost Remains of the Last Tasmanian Tiger Have Been Found in an Australian Museum’s Cupboard The animal's remains had not been properly categorized and were once mistaken for a marsupial.

The last known Tasmanian tiger died in a zoo in 1936. But many unconfirmed sightings have raised questions about whether the creature truly went extinct at that time. And researchers are trying to ...