The Last Tasmanian Tiger: The History and Extinction of the Thylacine

1. Introduction: science and the species from a European perspective 2. Constructing objectivity: changing scientific perceptions of the thylacine 3. Of signal importance: select social and predatory behaviours 4. A predatory entertainment: stimuli of consuming interest 5. Ovisceral exploitation: extracts of sheepish behaviour 6. Mythology becomes misology: the dogmatism of unenlightenment 7. Faunal fun and games: the politics of protection 8. The last Tasmanian tiger: indifference and the demise of the species 9. Post-extinction blues: contingency and responsibility in extinction 10. Conclusion: the lessons to be learnt.