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- catalog abstract ""In Tasmanian Tiger, David Owen tells the tragic tale of the thylacine, from its evolutionary origins and its physical and behavioral characteristics to its ill-fated encounter with European civilization and the ongoing fascination with the "Tassie Tiger" as a potent symbol of wildlife conservation."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Thylacine".
- catalog contributor b13307792.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In Tasmanian Tiger, David Owen tells the tragic tale of the thylacine, from its evolutionary origins and its physical and behavioral characteristics to its ill-fated encounter with European civilization and the ongoing fascination with the "Tassie Tiger" as a potent symbol of wildlife conservation."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-220) and index.".
- catalog description "What's in a name? -- In the beginning: evolution -- At the end: extinction -- 'Pathetically little is known' -- A rugged and determined front -- Before the fall: Trowenna -- A land in need of taming -- Tall tales, tiger men and bounties -- 'Them bloody useless things' -- A bad finish: 7 September 1936 -- A lost object of awe -- We wake up too late -- The tiger in commerce and art -- Beating a seventy-year hiccup: cloning -- Sightings and the science of survival.".
- catalog extent "xii, 228 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801879523 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Australia Tasmania.".
- catalog subject "599.2/7 22".
- catalog subject "Extinct mammals Australia Tasmania.".
- catalog subject "QL737.M336 O83 2004".
- catalog subject "Rare mammals Australia Tasmania.".
- catalog subject "Thylacine.".
- catalog tableOfContents "What's in a name? -- In the beginning: evolution -- At the end: extinction -- 'Pathetically little is known' -- A rugged and determined front -- Before the fall: Trowenna -- A land in need of taming -- Tall tales, tiger men and bounties -- 'Them bloody useless things' -- A bad finish: 7 September 1936 -- A lost object of awe -- We wake up too late -- The tiger in commerce and art -- Beating a seventy-year hiccup: cloning -- Sightings and the science of survival.".
- catalog title "Tasmanian tiger : the tragic tale of how the world lost its most mysterious predator / David Owen.".
- catalog title "Thylacine".
- catalog type "text".