While Tasmanian tigers are believed to have died out in New Guinea at the end of the Pleistocene, Shuker believes there’s a chance a population still survives on the mountainous island, which contains some of the world’s least-explored terrestrial habitats.
“New Guinea, especially Irian Jaya, is far less well-explored than either Tasmania or mainland Australia, as confirmed for instance by recent expeditions to Irian Jaya’s Foja Mountains, where several new and potentially new species were discovered, including a giant rat, a tiny wallaby, and a new honeyeater,” Shuker says. “Consequently, there is a much greater chance of zoological novelties turning up here than elsewhere within the thylacine’s former distribution range, and one such novelty may be the thylacine itself.”https://news.mongabay.com/2013/05/could-the-tasmanian-tiger-be-hiding-out-in-new-guinea/
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