The last Tasmanian tiger : the history and extinction of the thylacine
"This book is the most complete and up-to-date examination of the behaviour, social history and extinction of one of Australia's most enduring folkloric beasts - the thylacine, otherwise known as the Tasmanian tiger. On the basis of extensive archival research, Bob Paddle constructs a new integrated record of the life-span development of the thylacine. He challenges many conventional ideas about the species and the causes of its extinction, demonstrating how powerful economic interests used the Tasmanian tiger as a scapegoat to protect domestic agricultural enterprise from the consequences of local mismanagement and international economics."
Print Book, English, 2002, ©2000
1st pbk. ed
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002, ©2000