An illustration of Thylacinus cynocephalus. Engraving. The annotations on the——image name the species as "Didelphis cynocephala" (bottom). The signature at lower left is indistinct.
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Transactions of the "Linnean Society of London." Tab 29. Online scan at the State Library of Tasmania exhibition, "Imaging the Thylacine": The Abject Thylacine
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