Tasmanian tiger may have survived into the 00s, new analysis suggests

Last known thylacine died in 1936 but new research suggesting the animals may have survived longer in the wild ‘relies on a lot of maybes’, expert says

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The date 7 September 1936 is widely regarded as the day when the world’s last remaining Tasmanian tiger – also known as the thylacine – took its final breath in a zoo in Hobart.

But how long did the last few dog-like striped carnivorous marsupials stick around out of sight in Tasmania’s wilderness? A few years? A couple of decades?

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