Talk:Thylacine

Conflict with Endlings

The current section about the last captive thylacine - which says the animal was female - is confusing and appears to contradict Endling#Mammals in regard to details such as the gender of the animal, and the name of the trapper who caught it. The Endlings article quotes a 2023 review which concludes that the last Hobart zoo thylacine was male.[1] Muzilon (talk) 00:56, 6 March 2024 (UTC) Muzilon (talk) 00:19, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Although both articles now seem confident that the last captive thylacine was male, it might be better to say that the matter remains contested. This source, also from 2023, argues that it was female, based on the researchers’ discovery of her probable remains. Jeminids1 (talk) 16:16, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 June 2024

The thylacine died out in New Guinea and mainland Australia around 3,600–3,200 years ago, prior to the arrival of Europeans, possibly because of the introduction of the dingo, whose earliest record dates to around the same time, but which never reached Tasmania. Although research by a team at Adelaide University suggest that Dingoes had little to do with the mainland extinction of the Thylacine or other fauna and other factors were largely to blame. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2013/09/dingoes-cleared-of-mainland-extinctions/ Leigh1967 (talk) 01:58, 10 June 2024 (UTC),  Not done Undue for the lead sentence, this issue is adequately discussed in the body. Hemiauchenia (talk) 02:27, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Endling article conflict

The endling article directly contradicts the information about the last surving specimen, such as how it was caught, by whom etc. It appears to cite a study from 2023 which was undertaken to learn more about the last specimen. Should this not be corrected, or at least discussed? 81.109.89.141 (talk) 01:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Uh, I made exactly that point on this Talk page a couple of months ago (scroll up). That's why I added "contradiction" tags to the pertinent sections of both articles. Muzilon (talk) 01:29, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

palawa kani word

Looks like this one escaped but the decision was made (wisely) to remove the palawa kani word for thylacine from the headline but not from the text of the article. Invokris (talk) 09:34, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

National Threatened Species Day

These two sentences are poorly worded, I am unable to tell if it means the day has been celebrated since 1996 or if it has been celebrated on the 7th of September since 1996. The source makes it clear what is correct but the sentence needs to be rewritten to be more clear. Traumnovelle (talk) 01:16, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 November 2024

Under the subheading ‘ Last of the species’ I would suggest the change “ The animal, a male,” to “ The animal, a female “ due to the findings of the 2022 audit of its remains. This change might necessitate some word changes in the Frank Darby section, such as “… Darby was referring to was a male at Hobart Zoo” for example.

As per the research of Robert Paddle and and Kathryn Medlock, and your listed reference #117. Thank you for considering this request. 60.240.229.154 (talk) 08:33, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

 Note: It is preferred that people specify the reference name instead of the number. Reference numbers change if a new reference is added before it in the article. Shadow311 (talk) 01:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done, I also updated the source for you Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 09:22, 17 December 2024 (UTC)