Talk:Thylacine

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Conflict with Endlings

The current section about the last captive thylacine - which says the animal was female - is confusing and appears to contradict Endling#Mammals in regard to details such as the gender of the animal, and the name of the trapper who caught it. The Endlings article quotes a 2023 review which concludes that the last Hobart zoo thylacine was male.[1] Muzilon (talk) 00:56, 6 March 2024 (UTC) Muzilon (talk) 00:19, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Although both articles now seem confident that the last captive thylacine was male, it might be better to say that the matter remains contested. This source, also from 2023, argues that it was female, based on the researchers’ discovery of her probable remains. Jeminids1 (talk) 16:16, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

I haven't look closely at the edit histories, but the current version of Thylacine still says the last captive specimen was female, while Endlings says it was male. So, the contradictions have not been resolved one year after I raised the issue. Muzilon (talk) 01:04, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

palawa kani word

Looks like this one escaped but the decision was made (wisely) to remove the palawa kani word for thylacine from the headline but not from the text of the article. Invokris (talk) 09:34, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

National Threatened Species Day

These two sentences are poorly worded, I am unable to tell if it means the day has been celebrated since 1996 or if it has been celebrated on the 7th of September since 1996. The source makes it clear what is correct but the sentence needs to be rewritten to be more clear. Traumnovelle (talk) 01:16, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 November 2024

Under the subheading ‘ Last of the species’ I would suggest the change “ The animal, a male,” to “ The animal, a female “ due to the findings of the 2022 audit of its remains. This change might necessitate some word changes in the Frank Darby section, such as “… Darby was referring to was a male at Hobart Zoo” for example.

As per the research of Robert Paddle and and Kathryn Medlock, and your listed reference #117. Thank you for considering this request. 60.240.229.154 (talk) 08:33, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Template:A note It is preferred that people specify the reference name instead of the number. Reference numbers change if a new reference is added before it in the article. Shadow311 (talk) 01:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

File:Yes check.svg Done, I also updated the source for you Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 09:22, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 9 April 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Frost 11:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

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Thylacine → Tasmanian TigerTasmanian Tiger – Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:PRECISE. Additionally a bunch of sources mention "Tasmanian Tiger" as shown in recent sources here. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk · contribs) 07:05, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

If this does get moved, it should definitely be to Tasmanian tiger, with tiger being lowercase, as in Javan tiger and Japanese otter, etc. Reconrabbit 14:57, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose NGRAM suggests that the name "Thylacine" has historically been and still is more common than "Tasmanian tiger" [2] Hemiauchenia (talk) 15:28, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose Per Hemiauchenia's comment. The Morrison Man (talk) 16:35, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose It's certainly the less WP:PRECISE name of the two (not sure where that idea came from), and the above common usage stats also support the current setup. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:39, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose - not the most commonly used name. FunkMonk (talk) 19:29, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose - it's completely unrelated to tigers, and there's no need to perpetuate an old colonial-era misnomer. Bahudhara (talk) 00:44, 11 April 2025 (UTC)
• Oppose - search "Tasmanian wolf" on a search engine.Anthropophoca (talk) 01:54, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

  I get that that is another alternative name for the thylacine, but what does that name have to do with moving this page to Tasmanian Tiger? 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk · contribs) 07:14, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose - per Hemiauchenia's comment + the name "thylacine" is the much more precise than Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf.

Junsik1223 (talk) 13:29, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose - Makes zero sense, the terms Tasmanian Tiger and Tasmanian wolf are thrown around but have no bearing here. These names describe the animals superficial appearance. The word Thylacine is more accurate common name (However it is a anglicized version of the scientific name). Also, the word Thylacine appears far more in the literature than Tasmanian Tiger (which has only seen a recent uptake in use) --Bubblesorg (talk) 19:19, 15 April 2025 UTC)
• Oppose - The extinct marsupial is called the thylacine, and "Tasmanian tiger" is merely one of several popular nicknames for the species (actually, I'd say tha Tasmanian wolf was more popular than Tasmanian tiger when I was growing up). If one types "Tasmanian tiger" it redirects one to the "Thylacine" page, anyhow, so there literally is no good reason to change the article's name to something that is not the correct name of the animal. AuH2ORepublican (talk) 03:46, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.