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SOME THYLACINE RELICS:
- HOLOCENE -
(page 6 - taxidermies, etc.)
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    Thylacine specimens from the Holocene:
 
This is a thylacine brain - one of only a very few known to exist in museum collections.

The thylacine probably has the most highly developed brain found among the marsupials.  It is considerably more complex than even that of rather close relatives such as Sarcophilus and Dasyurus.
thylacine brain - image © C. Campbell

 
thylacine brain - image © C. Campbell
Another view of the same brain.  The folds of the cerebral cortex can be seen from this angle.  The label reads:  Thylacinus cynocephalus, 1 Brain, Received from Dr. Clements, Canberra, (Shellshear Collection).  The specimen is preserved in formalin.

Information about the structure of the thylacine's brain is available in the Anatomy pages of the Natural History section.
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