Javan tigers are believed to have gone extinct between the 1950s and 1980s. Habitat destruction is one of the main reasons for their extinction, along with being hunted. In addition to this, their main prey base (rusa deer) was lost due to disease.

Are tigers going extinct 2020?

Today, the tiger is classified as Endangered in the Red List of Threatened Species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and it is estimated that there are only 3,500 tigers remaining in the wild worldwide.

When did tigers almost go extinct?

Amur tigers once roamed throughout the Russian Far East, parts of northern China, and Korea, but were driven to near extinction from hunting by the 1940s.