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

The last Javan tiger ever recorded in 1976 Even though the islanders claimed to have seen these animals occasionally. Finally, a study published on March 21 has reignited 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 the museum

Researchers used DNA samples from hair from a tiger skin from the 1930s. DNA samples compared with. According to their research, they claimed that the samples found belonged to a Javan tiger. On the other hand, other geneticists working on tigers are somewhat distant from this research.

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

This research appears to be causing more controversy. Study onyx published.