Recent Footage of a Thylacine?


(YouTube link)

The thylacine, or "Tasmanian tiger" is considered to have gone extinct in 1936, when the last known specimen died at a zoo. But occasional sightings are reported, if not confirmed. Last year, Murray McAllister caught this nine seconds of footage among hours of recordings in the Australian wilderness. Could this be a thylacine? Read his story of searching for the creature on his blog. Link -via Animal Planet

Previously: Thylacine Video


I think the pertinent questions are...
How large is Tasmania?
How inhabited is it (by humans)?
How rare does the Tasmanian tiger need to be to go unnoticed for that many years?
Is it reasonable for that number of Tasmanian tigers in that size of land to have been a sustainable population for that long?
I hope it's a yes.
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It's a fox. There are plenty of feral ones living around here, and I enjoy watching them in the evenings. They have a very distinctive way of moving and holding their tails, both demonstrated clearly in the video above. As for the colour, the fur colour of a red fox can vary hugely depending on where it lives (for example, the highlands of Scotland vs the streets of London).
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Yeah, sorry to disappoint you folks - it's a fox. The tail is way too thick (and a little long) for a thylacine. Tasmania was thought to have been spared the introduction of foxes until only a few years ago, when there was the first sighting near Davenport. They're not common, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's not the first thing a person would think of when they see something small and dog-like in the near distance. But if given a choice between 'Tassie tiger' and 'fox' in this instant, there's no doubt which it is.
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I believe its quite possibly true as i am sure i saw one 13years ago on mainland Australia WA south of Geraldton. I still think about it today and everytime i still come up with it being a Thylacine. Do we know if this footage is in Tasmania?
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