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Java Tiger
The Javan tiger was a '' Panthera tigris sondaica'' population native to the Indonesian island of Java until the mid-1970s. It was hunted to extinction, and its natural habitat converted for agricultural land use and infrastructure. It was one of the three tiger populations in the Sunda Islands. Formerly, it was regarded as a distinct tiger subspecies, which had been assessed as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2008. In 2017, felid taxonomy was revised and the Javan tiger subordinated to ''P. t. sondaica'' along with the Sumatran tiger and the Bali tiger. Results of mitochondrial DNA analysis of 23 tiger samples from museum collections indicate that tigers colonized the Sunda Islands during the last glacial period 11,000–12,000 years ago. Taxonomy ''Felis tigris sondaicus'' was proposed by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1844 as a scientific name for the Javan tiger. In 1929, the British taxonomist Reginald Innes Pocock subordinated the tiger under the genus ''Panthera'' u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ujung Kulon
Ujung Kulon National Park is at the westernmost tip of Java (island), Java, in Banten province of Indonesia. It includes the volcanic island group of Krakatoa in Lampung province, and other islands including Panaitan, as well as smaller offshore islets such as Handeuleum and Peucang in the Sunda Strait. Ujung Kulon means ''Western End'' or ''Point West''. Geography The park encompasses an area of (of which is marine), most of which lies on a peninsula reaching into the Indian Ocean. The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, explosion of nearby Krakatau in 1883 produced a tsunami (giant wave) that eliminated the villages and crops of the coastal areas on the western peninsula, and covered the entire area in a volcanic ash, layer of ash averaging thick. This caused the total evacuation of the peninsula by humans, thereby involuntary park, allowing it to become a repository for much of Java’s flora and fauna, and most of the remaining lowland forest on the island. History It is Indones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
