Massive Tasmanian tiger screening breakthrough covering four states Murray Darling Basin Authority.

Good afternoon Michael,Thank you for contacting BMRG via our website enquiry form.EnviroDNA screened for all vertebrates in their database using a metabarcoding approach. Thylacinus cynocephalus was not explicitly requested by BMRG, and none were returned for our region.Please advise if I can assist with anything further.Kind regards,LAURA MATTHEWSOffice Administration Manager 160 Hughes Road Bargara QLD 4670PO BOX 8601 Bargara QLD 4670Ph: (07) 4181 2999bmrg.org.au

RE: A question on the recent Great Australian wildlife search with Murray Darling Basin authority.Cassie Duncan cassie@odonata.org.au​You​Hi Michael,I can confirm that the thylacine reference sequence is in the eDNA database and would have been detected if present in the Great Australian Wildlife Search samples in the Murray-Darling Basin.All the best.Cassie1 million square kilometers of mainland Australia covering South Australia/Victoria/News South Wales and Queensland were screened for Tasmanian