Scientists use imaging to map the brain of the extinct Tasmanian tiger

By Kim Arlington
Updated January 24 2017 - 6:15pm, first published January 19 2017 - 6:00am
The last known Tasmanian tiger, seen in 1936, the year it died in a Hobart zoo.  Photo: Tasmanian Museum
The last known Tasmanian tiger, seen in 1936, the year it died in a Hobart zoo. Photo: Tasmanian Museum
An illustration of the Tasmanian tiger by John Lewin c.1809. Photo: Linnean Society London.
An illustration of the Tasmanian tiger by John Lewin c.1809. Photo: Linnean Society London.

Eighty years after the last Tasmanian tiger died, scientists have used imaging techniques to map the marsupial's brain for the first time.

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