A family in London kept a strange stuffed animal head under a bed for years; experts identified it as one of just three known mounted Tasmanian tiger heads, now estimated to fetch £30,000 to £50,000 at auction

• A family living in London has discovered a rare mounted taxidermy head of an extinct thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, inside a box stored under a bed.
• The specimen had been forgotten in storage for decades.
• It is one of only three known mounted thylacine heads in the world.