It is claimed that the Javan Tiger is not extinct

living on the Indonesian island of Java Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)was considered one of the three tiger species living in the region. This tiger species, seen in Sumatra, Java and Bali, was thought to be extinct 50 years ago. A new study suggests that there are still surviving members of this species.

The last Javanese tiger on record in 1976 Even though the island locals claimed to have seen these animals from time to time. Finally, a study published on March 21 reignited the claims that this species has not completely disappeared. west of the island of Java Researchers examining hair samples found in a field revealed that the hair samples belonged to these tigers.

Matches tiger specimens in museum

Researchers used DNA samples taken from hairs from a tiger skin from the 1930s. DNA samples compared with. According to their investigations, they claimed that the samples found belonged to a Javan tiger. On the other hand, other geneticists working on tigers are a bit distant towards this study.

from Peking University Evolutionary Geneticist Luo Shu-Jin, announced that his team’s review found findings regarding errors and potential sample contamination in the DNA sequence presented in the study. Similarly, researcher Anubhab Khan from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark said he reviewed the data and was unsure whether the hairs came from the tiger in question.

This research seems to create more controversy. Study onyx published.