The Javan Tiger was a subspecies of tiger observed solely at the Indonesian island of Java, up to the point it become extinct somewhere in the 1980s. In early 19th century, the Javan Tiger was widespread throughout the island, but quick inhabitants increase resulted in the damage of its woodland environment. The Javan Tiger has also been mercilessly hunted, so by the 1950s less than 25 of them were left in the wild. Similar to the Bali Tiger, that has been vanished in the 1930s, the fate of the Javan Tiger talks for the risky situation of the tiger species in general. Sightings of the subspecies continue but hopes for its surviving are diminishing.
