This insightful examination of the history and extinction of one of Australia's most enduring folkloric beasts-the thylacine, (or Tasmanian tiger)- challenges conventional theories. It argues that rural politicians, ineffective political action by scientists, and a deeper intellectual prejudice about the inferiority of marsupials actually resulted in the extinction of this once proud species. Hb ISBN (2000):0-521-78219-8 | The Last Tasmanian Tiger by Robert Paddle, Paperback | Indigo Chapters