Levka on Nostr: #extinction #Azerbaijan #RomeoError "The Turanian tiger (also known as the Caspian ...
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"The Turanian tiger (also known as the Caspian tiger, Hyrcanian tiger, Mazandaran tiger, Caucasian tiger, and Talysh tiger), is a large cat, whose range once spanned a vast area across Anatolia (modern-day Türkiye) to western China. It was also found in Azerbaijan. A literature review reveals that Caspian tigers occupied around 800,000–900,000 km² historically, mostly within coastal ecosystems of tugai and reed-dominated riparian ecosystems at densities up to 2–3 tigers/100 km² (Chestin et al. 2017).
Although the Turanian tiger (lat. Panthera tigris virgata) was previously classified as a separate subspecies (Illiger 1815), genetic analysis has revealed that Turanian tigers are genetically similar to the Amur tiger, and the Caspian/Amur tiger ancestor migrated to Central Asia via the Silk Road from eastern China less than 10,000 years ago (Driscoll et al. 2009). It then subsequently traversed the Caucasus westward following the Last Glacial Period (Jungius et al. 2009; Vereshchagin 1967).
Now the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies continental tigers as a single subspecies—Panthera tigris tigris (Kitchener et al. 2017). Even though the population of the Turanian tiger was believed to have gone extinct after an individual tiger was hunted and killed in Hakkari (Türkiye) in 1970, some studies now suggest that a few individuals may have survived in Türkiye and Afghanistan into the 1980s. Nevertheless, before that point scientists declared them prematurely extinct—in the field of ecology the premature declaration of extinction is called the Romeo error (Driscoll et al. 2009; D’Cruze N. 2023; Mazak 1981). Although the causes of the tiger’s extinction were well investigated, it was impossible to save the population because it was too late to take steps. However, in the current century, there are new opportunities for the restoration of these tigers to their historical habitat by way of reintroduction. This article deals with the classification history of the Turanian tiger, its characteristics and historical background in our country, the reasons for its extinction and the potential for its revival in the future."
https://bakuresearchinstitute.org/en/extinct-big-cat-in-azerbaijan-the-turanian-tiger/
"The Turanian tiger (also known as the Caspian tiger, Hyrcanian tiger, Mazandaran tiger, Caucasian tiger, and Talysh tiger), is a large cat, whose range once spanned a vast area across Anatolia (modern-day Türkiye) to western China. It was also found in Azerbaijan. A literature review reveals that Caspian tigers occupied around 800,000–900,000 km² historically, mostly within coastal ecosystems of tugai and reed-dominated riparian ecosystems at densities up to 2–3 tigers/100 km² (Chestin et al. 2017).
Although the Turanian tiger (lat. Panthera tigris virgata) was previously classified as a separate subspecies (Illiger 1815), genetic analysis has revealed that Turanian tigers are genetically similar to the Amur tiger, and the Caspian/Amur tiger ancestor migrated to Central Asia via the Silk Road from eastern China less than 10,000 years ago (Driscoll et al. 2009). It then subsequently traversed the Caucasus westward following the Last Glacial Period (Jungius et al. 2009; Vereshchagin 1967).
Now the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies continental tigers as a single subspecies—Panthera tigris tigris (Kitchener et al. 2017). Even though the population of the Turanian tiger was believed to have gone extinct after an individual tiger was hunted and killed in Hakkari (Türkiye) in 1970, some studies now suggest that a few individuals may have survived in Türkiye and Afghanistan into the 1980s. Nevertheless, before that point scientists declared them prematurely extinct—in the field of ecology the premature declaration of extinction is called the Romeo error (Driscoll et al. 2009; D’Cruze N. 2023; Mazak 1981). Although the causes of the tiger’s extinction were well investigated, it was impossible to save the population because it was too late to take steps. However, in the current century, there are new opportunities for the restoration of these tigers to their historical habitat by way of reintroduction. This article deals with the classification history of the Turanian tiger, its characteristics and historical background in our country, the reasons for its extinction and the potential for its revival in the future."
https://bakuresearchinstitute.org/en/extinct-big-cat-in-azerbaijan-the-turanian-tiger/