The last members were spotted in the reserve in 1976 and the Javan tigers were officially declared extinct in 2003, joining the ever growing list of recently extinct species. Unfortunately, the protection of the reserve was not enough.ĭue to hunting, loss of forest habitat and lack of prey, the number of Javan tigers dwindled. In the mid 1800s to mid 1900s the native people viewed these tigers as pests and chased them off to the remote mountainous areas.īy 1972, the remaining tigers were sectioned off to the Meru Betiri National Park Reserve. The theory is that the smaller the prey, the smaller the predator.Īt one point, the Javan tigers inhabited all of Java.
Their small size was thought to be attributed to the size of the available prey in their native land of Java, Indonesia. The males weighed in at 220 to 310 pounds and the females averaged 170 to 250 pounds. Javan Tigerĭeclared Extinct in 2003The Javan tiger was a big cat, but not in comparison to other tiger species. Here are five recently extinct animals that left our world over the past decade: 5. Whether we are in the midst of a mass extinction or not, it’s clear that we are losing species at an alarming rate. Now, experts are concerned that a sixth mass extinction has begun, and could take a mere 1,000 years to complete. Total up the numbers in these five mass extinctions and we have lost 99 percent of the Earth’s species – and that’s without human intervention. A mass extinction is when more than three-quarters of the world’s species become extinct in a short frame of time. In the past 540 million years there have been five mass extinctions. Is the world on the verge of losing the majority of its animals? It might sound absurd, but it’s not as far-fetched as you might think when you consider the earth’s history.
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