Tasmanian tiger lives on in Arnhem Land rock art

Ancient Rock Art Sheds New Light on the Lost Tasmanian Tiger’s Presence in Australia

A thylacine in the Large Naturalistic style with a painting of a macropod superimposed over it at site AW20. Credit: Paul S.C. Taçon / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Newly documented ancient rock art in northern Australia is offering fresh insight into the long-lost Tasmanian tiger and its presence on the mainland. The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine, was a striped, dog-like marsupial that once lived across Australia. It later disappeared from the…

Thylacines maybe lived on mainland longer than thought

Artists who depicted Tasmanian tigers in rock art hundreds of years ago may have seen the living animal before it died out on the mainland, researchers say.

Tasmanian tigers discovered in Indigenous rock art in Australia, suggesting these marsupials lived there much longer than thought

Around 14 new rock-art depictions of thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, have been found in northern Australia.

Tasmanian tiger lives on in Arnhem Land rock art

The striped dog-like marsupial we know as the Tasmanian tiger has long been surrounded by mystery, and the subject of scientific curiosity. Now, newly discovered rock art depicting Tasmanian tigers and Tasmanian devils in northern Australia is providing fresh insights into their cultural importance and when they may have last roamed mainland Australia. A paper on this topic appears in Archaeology in Oceania.

Researchers Discover Tasmanian Tiger and Tasmanian Devil Paintings in Northern Australia

Both the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) and the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) are believed to have become extinct on the Australian mainland about 3,000 years ago. The post Researchers Discover Tasmanian Tiger and Tasmanian Devil Paintings in Northern Australia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

Tasmanian tigers in South Australia 120,000 years ago

Preserved footprints show Tasmanian tigers in South Australia 120,000 years ago. The discovery of ancient footprints shows the carnivorous marsupial once roamed the Eyre Peninsula coastline.