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Humans have impacted the population of the Caspian Tiger greatly. Hunters hunted their prey and reduced tiger population massively. The Caspian and Siberian/Amur tigers were frequently isolated by hunters. The Caspian Tiger's thick, lush, reddish coat with black or brown stripes and silky white beard was prized for its beauty and fetched a hefty price. Farmers deprived of the Caspian Tiger's habitat due to planting of cotton and rivers were being used for irrigation.

HUMAN EFFECTS

The Caspian Tiger was formerly found in Chinese and Russian Turkestan, Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey, and Iraq. It inhabited the inland drainage basins of Western and Eastern Asia. Its cousin, the Siberian/Amur Tiger, preferred the rich mix forest in Southern Russia.

HABITAT

INTRODUCTION

The Caspian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) is a Russian cat that has faced extinction for decades. The reason behind it all is unknown, though there are many theories. Scientists have, also, found the large feline's DNA in other species of cat. Why did this tiger go extinct? Can we save the species?

DIET

The Caspian Tiger eats many animals. Its main diet was wild pigs and cervids. Bactrian deer and Roe deer were important prey species other than pig. Scientists think that because of the decline of wild pigs' population, the Caspian Tiger could have gone extinct. The reason wild pigs' population weakened is unknown, some say careless hunting and others say differently.

There are many different theories to why the tiger went extinct. A few are listed below:

  • Sportsmen and military personnel hunted the tiger's main food, wild pigs, and the tigers themselves.
  • Reedbeds of the tiger habitat were increasingly converted to crop land to plant cotton.
  • The population of wild pigs decreased.
  • The population of the tiger was already waning.

THEORIES

THE EXTINCTION OF THE CASPIAN TIGER

CONCLUSION

The Caspian Tiger faced extinction due to human carelessness. However, it is living on in the family tree of tigers in the Siberian/Amur Tiger.

COMEBACK

The Caspian Tiger can be reestablished by using their relative, the Siberian/Amur Tiger. The Caspian Tiger was found to differ by only one nucleotide of its mitochondrial DNA from the Siberian/Amur Tiger. They have, practically, the same DNA.

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