Javan tiger (SciiFii)

The Javan tiger is a Panthera tigris sondaica population native to the Indonesian island of Java that was once extinct since the 1970s, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced throughout the rainforests of Java to help boost biodiversity. The Javan tiger is small compared to other subspecies of the Asian mainland, but larger than the Bali tiger, and similar in size to the Sumatran tiger. It usually has long and thin stripes, which are slightly more numerous than those of the Sumatran tiger. Its nose is long and narrow, occipital plane remarkably narrow and carnassials relatively long. Based on these cranial differences, the Javan tiger was proposed to be assigned to a distinct species, with the taxonomic name Panthera sondaica. Males have a mean body length of 248 centimeters (98 inches) and weigh between 100 and 141 kilograms (220 and 311 lb). Females are smaller than males and weighed between 75 and 115 kilograms (165 and 254 lb). The smaller body size of the Javan tiger is attributed to Bergmann’s rule and the size of the available prey species in Java, which are smaller than the deer and bovid species on the Asian mainland. However, the diameter of its tracks are larger than those of Bengal tiger in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. The Javan tiger is strong enough to break legs of large animals such as horses or water buffaloes with its paws. The Javan tiger preys on Javan rusa (Rusa timorensis), banteng (Bos javanicus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa); and less often on waterfowl and reptiles. The Javan tiger can breed at any time of the year but they will generally mate in the winter or spring. After a gestation period of 103 days the female will give birth to two to six cubs. The cubs are born blind and helpless and usually weigh about 1 kilogram (2 lbs). For the first eight weeks of the cubs life they eat only their mothers milk then they will be introduced to eating milk. They will continue to suckle from their mother however for about 5 or 6 months. The cubs will leave the den for the first time when they are about 2 months old but they will not learn how to kill prey until they are about 6 months old. They will hunt for themselves at about 18 months old and will be fully independent by about 2 years of age. Javan tigers are known to live around 20 years in the wild, but can live slightly longer in captivity. The conservation status of the Javan tiger is Endangered due to some habitat loss and historic poaching, however, thanks to the conservationists, the Javan tiger is a protected species.