Panthera tigris ssp. sondaica
|Scientific Name:||Panthera tigris ssp. sondaica|
|Species Authority:||Temminck, 1844|
See Panthera tigris
Panthera sondaica (Temminck, 1844)
|Taxonomic Notes:||The Javan Tiger likely became extinct in the mid-1970s (Seidensticker 1987). On the basis of morphology Mazak and Groves (2006) classified the Javan Tiger as a distinct species, Panthera sondaica. Classically it is considered to be a subspecies of Tiger Panthera tigris (Nowell and Jackson 1996).|
|Red List Category & Criteria:||Extinct ver 3.1|
|Assessor(s):||Jackson, P. & Nowell, K.|
|Reviewer(s):||Nowell, K., Breitenmoser-Wursten, C., Breitenmoser, U. (Cat Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)|
Tigers were last positively recorded from Java's Meru Betiri National Park in 1976, and likely disappeared from much of the rest of the island by the 1940s. The causes of extinction include hunting, and loss of forest habitat and prey base. There are no Javan Tigers in captivity (Seidensticker 1987).
|Previously published Red List assessments:|
Regionally extinct:Indonesia (Jawa)
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Mazak, J.H. and Groves, C.P. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the tigers (Panthera tigris) of Southeast Asia. Mammalian Biology 71(5): 268-287.
Nowell, K. and Jackson, P. 1996. Wild Cats. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Seidensticker, J. 1987. Bearing witness: Observations on the extinction of Panthera tigris balica and Panthera tigris sondaica. In: R. L. Tilson and U. S. Seal (eds), Tigers of the World: The biology, biopolitics, management and conservation of an endangered species, pp. 1-8. Noyes, Park Ridge, NJ, USA.
|Citation:||Jackson, P. & Nowell, K. 2008. Panthera tigris ssp. sondaica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T41681A10509194.Downloaded on 27 July 2017.|
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