Javan tiger

The Javan tiger with the Latin name Panthera tigris sondai lived on the Island of Java, Indonesia. This sub-species of the tiger were extirpated somewhere between 1950 and 1980. Unverified reports tell that a small population of the Javan tiger may thrive deep into the forest of Java.

In the Meru Betiri National Park there's is a large inaccessible area where there might be some few species left, but its very improbable.

The main reason why the tiger became extinct was destruction of its habitats. Forest is chopped down for firewood or forest areas are converted into agricultural land.

Javanese farmers didn't like the tiger because it constituted a threat to their livestock animals and chased it a way. At some point the population of tiger became so small that it was impossible to sustain a healthy population of a mix of breeding, old and young tigers and the population slowly decreased.

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