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The population dropped from 38 in 2012 [28] to one in 2015. [29] The last individual died on 21 February 2016. [29] George was the last known individual of the Oahu tree snail species Achatinella apexfulva. He died on January 1, 2019, in captivity near Kailua, Hawaii. [30]
The Malayan tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to Peninsular Malaysia. [2] This population inhabits the southern and central parts of the Malay Peninsula , and has been classified as critically endangered .
The tiger has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1986 and the global tiger population is thought to have continuously declined from an estimated population of 5,000–8,262 tigers in the late 1990s to 3,726–5,578 individuals estimated as of 2022. [1]
The South China tiger is the smallest tiger in mainland Asia but bigger than the Sumatran tiger. Males measure from 230 to 265 cm (91 to 104 in), and weigh 130 to 175 kg (287 to 386 lb). Males measure from 230 to 265 cm (91 to 104 in), and weigh 130 to 175 kg (287 to 386 lb).
Danaus affinis, the Malay tiger, mangrove tiger or swamp tiger, is a butterfly found in tropical Asia. It belongs to the "crows and tigers", the danaine group of the brush-footed butterflies family.
An influx of European and American explorers, traders, and whalers arrived shortly after. Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898 and became a state in 1959. [5] Numerous species have disappeared from Hawaii as part of the ongoing Holocene extinction, driven by human activity.
It was closest to the extant Siberian tiger. [24] A reintroduction attempt using Siberian tigers began in the Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve of Kazakhstan in 2024. [29] South China tiger: Population of the mainland Asian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Southern China Last recorded in the wild around 2000; survives in captivity. [30]
It was the fourth Malayan tiger killed by a vehicle collision between November 2023 and May 2024, according to authorities. Eight-year plan The Malayan tiger was recognized as a subspecies in 2004.