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  While many animal species in Australia are on the brink of extinction as a result of habitat loss, millions of dollars are proposed to be pumped into resurrecting a species that was exterminated years ago. Scientists at t he University of Melbourne say they may be able to bring the extinct Tasmanian Tiger back to life following a $5 million philanthropic gift. The Thylacine has been extinct since 1936, The funding will allow the university to establish a "world-class research lab for de-extinction and marsupial conservation science".  Specifically, The money will establish the Thylacine Integrated Genetic Restoration Research Lab to focus on : improving understanding of the thylacine genome; developing techniques to use marsupial stem cells to make an embryo; and then successfully transferring the embryo into a host surrogate uterus, such as a dunnart o   Tasmanian devil. A better move will be to protect remaining species like Dingoes, koalas and Lace M...