CRYPTOLINK: Sad tale of the Tasmanian Tiger: How Benjamin, the last of his kind, died of exposure at Hobart Zoo after being left out in the cold

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The last Thylacine, called Benjamin, died on September 7, 1936

• The Tasmania Tiger was locked out of its sheltered sleeping quarters and died from the cold
• There is footage of the last Thylacine, taken in its enclosure in 1933 by naturalist David Flea
• In 1996, on the sixtieth anniversary of the last Tasmanian tiger’s death, September 7 was declared ‘National Threatened Species Day’
• Australia's list of threatened species includes the Tasmanian Devil, Blue Whales and the Wedge Tailed Eagle 

By AMY ZINIAK FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

PUBLISHED: 14:32, 6 September 2014 | UPDATED: 18:01, 6 September 2014

The tale of the last Thylacine is a relatively sad one, left to die out in the cold.

One of the largest known carnivorous marsupials in modern times, the Thylacine, which is greek for 'dog-headed pouched one' is more commonly referred to as the Tasmania Tiger, because of its stripped back.

The animal, which was native to continental Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, is thought to have become extinct in the 20th century, although sightings are still being reported, yet none have been proven.

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Is it really extinct? :The Thylacine, called the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf, was a large marsupial that is now almost certainly extinct. The female (pictured) was the last one to be captured and died in the old Hobart Zoo. But there have been a number of reported sightings although none have been proven

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