The long-lost remains of the last known Tasmanian tiger have been found in a cupboard

There is a story for all of the chronic misplacers.

The remains of the last known tiger in Australia have been missing for more than 85 years.

Due to the shady acquisition of the specimen back in the 1930s, its skeleton and skin had been stashed away in a cupboard at the museum.

Robert Paddle said in a statement that for years, many museum curators and researchers searched for its remains without success.

He said that it was assumed that the body had been thrown away.

The last of its kind was said to be an old female animal that was captured by an Australian trapper and sold to a zoo. The sale was not recorded because ground-based snaring was not legal at the time.

The corpse of the captive creature was moved to the museum.

Dr. Medlock said they knew they'd found the missing remains after finding a 1936/37 taxidermist's report that mentioned a thylacine.

The Tasmanian tiger is extinct, but it may not stay that way

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The strange looking creature, which is not remotely related to a tiger, was announced earlier this year.

The four-legged animal is a member of the same family as the kangaroo and looks similar to other species. A wolf with stripes on its back, a pinched face of a fox, and a pouch on its belly is what you'll see. The tiger is also known as the wolf in Australia.

The rapid demise of the species was caused by the government's encouragement of hunting. A lack of genetic diversity was found to be the cause of its downfall.

The decline in diversity began as far back as 70,000 to 120,000 years ago, according to the study.

If the tiger is brought back, it will be a new species. The plan is to create a hybrid animal that is a descendant of the Dasyurid family of animals, which include the numbat and Australian devil.