Make no mistake, this is the difference between Javanese tigers and other types

JAKARTA – The Javanese tiger is one of 9 tiger subspecies that once lived on the island of Java. Even though it has been declared extinct since the 1980s, a number of people believe that this tiger still exists in the wild because a number of pieces of evidence of its existence have been found.

Different from your usual day, Javanese tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) has a number of special characteristics. This characteristic also differentiates Javanese tigers from tigers, Sumatran tigers which still exist and Bali tigers which are both extinct.

In terms of body size, the Javanese tiger is larger than the Bali tiger and slightly smaller than the Sumatran tiger. Male Javanese tigers weigh 150-200 kg and are approximately 2.50 meters long. Meanwhile, female Javanese tigers weigh less, namely 75-115 kg and are slightly shorter than male tigers.

In terms of body color, the Javanese tiger has a lighter color than the Sumatran tiger. In tigers, the black and orange stripes, which are often called stripes, are what can differentiate between tigers.

During their lifetime, Javanese tigers inhabit lowland forests with a roaming area of ​​no more than 1,200 meters above sea level. Before becoming extinct, Javanese tigers were detected to have lived in the Jampang Kulon area, Ujung Kulon National Park, Mount Pangrango, Yogyakarta, Probolinggo, Blitar, Banyuwangi, Tulungagung, and Meru Betiri National Park, East Java.

Reporting from Edunitas.com, at the end of the 19th century, Javanese tigers were still roaming in the wild. In the 1940s, Javan tigers were only found in remote forests. There are efforts to save these tigers by opening several national parks. However, the size of this park is too small and the tigers have too little prey.

In the 1950s, when the Javanese tiger population was only 25, approximately 13 were in Ujung Kulon National Park. Ten years later this number is shrinking. In 1972, there were only about 7 tigers living in Meru Betiri National Park. Even though this national park is protected, many are clearing agricultural land and making the Javan tiger increasingly threatened until it is thought to have become extinct in the 80s. In the wild, now only the Javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas) lives. Its presence has been monitored in several areas on the island of Java, including West Java, Kangean, Nusa Kambangan and Sempu Island.

The difference between Javanese tigers and ordinary tigers, aka tigers

Reporting from the World Encyclopedia, the tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species from the genus Panthera. Tigers have distinctive stripes on their fur, in the form of dark vertical stripes on orange fur, with white underfur. There are nine subspecies of tiger in the genus Panthera. Six of them are still alive today. The remaining three tiger subspecies are considered officially extinct.

Another term for tiger is Macan which is taken from Javanese, but now people only think of tigers as Panthera pardus and all its subspecies. Even though this Leopard or Panthera pardus can be called a tiger if you add its last name, namely Leopard. The name Tiger itself comes from Malay.