Javan Tiger
Extinct circa 1988 CE • Java, Indonesia
"Rescue programs also were too late for the little Javan Tiger. In 1971, there were less than 12 animals in south-eastern Java. By 1981, despite attempts to set up a reserve only two were believed to survive. By 1988, this last couple of Javan Tigers were gone, and the race is believed to be extinct."
Day, David. The Encyclopedia of Vanished Species. Hong Kong: Mclaren, 1989. 180.
Javan Tiger, H. Bartels, courtesy of Tropenmuseum, May 1941, TM-number: 10006636.
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