Part 6 of our Tiger profiles:
South China Tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis
This one is a mess, plain and simple.
Once found in central and eastern China, and numbering close to 4,000 individuals as late as the 1950′s, the government listed the species as a pest and its persecution began. Now, it is believed no more than 20-30 individuals remain although no official or biologist has observed a wild South China Tiger since the 1970′s. The IUCN lists this species as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct in the Wild). Regardless, even at 20 individuals, no wild viable population can remain.
Link to http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15965/0 and Save the Tiger Fund for more on what could be the latest Tiger to be heading for extinction.
Check back on 3/29 as we profile the 3 subspecies of Tigers which have gone extinct since the 1940′s…
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