Could Direct Killing by Larger Dingoes Have Caused the Extinction of the Thylacine from Mainland Australia?

Mike Letnic; Melanie Fillios; Mathew S. Crowther

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034877

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Could Direct Killing by Larger Dingoes Have Caused the Extinction of the Thylacine from Mainland Australia?

Mike Letnic ,

* E-mail: m.letnic@unsw.edu.au

Affiliation School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Melanie Fillios,

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Mathew S. Crowther

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Could Direct Killing by Larger Dingoes Have Caused the Extinction of the Thylacine from Mainland Australia?

Mike Letnic,
Melanie Fillios,
Mathew S. Crowther

Published: May 2, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034877

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Publication: ABC Science
Title: “Dingoes led to mainland thylacine's demise -- News in Science (ABC Science)”
http://www.abc.net.au/sci...

Publication: The Conversation Australia
Title: “Dingoes may have wiped out Tasmanian tiger on mainland”
http://theconversation.ed...

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