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The only other #taxidermy #thylacine in Austria is also posed to look non-threatening. This one in storage in @nhmwien.bsky.social is crouching in a diminutive or even curious pose. It came from a natural history dealer in Hamburg in 1870. Looking closely it appears to have been given a full pouch.
A taxidermy thylacine specimen on a shelf of other marsupials (a quoll is in front). Viewed from its left side, the animal has been posed to have its head dipped, looking down, and both front and back legs bent into a crouch. Between its back legs the pouch is extended A taxidermy thylacine specimen on a shelf of other marsupials (a bandicoot is to the left). Viewed from its front right side, the animal has been posed to have its head dipped, looking down, and both front and back legs bent into a crouch. Between its back legs the pouch is extended. A label around its neck reads: ST134 THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM