The Java Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)

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(04-03-2020, 10:18 PM)peter Wrote: The former Dutch East Indies, also known as the 'Rijk of Insulinde' over here, always fascinated me. My father, a sailor, told me a lot about this faraway paradise. When young, I met quite a few people born and bred in Indonesia. They, in fact, lived in the same street. Some of them were Dutch, but others were from Java. I'm not referring to former KNIL-soldiers (from Ambon), but Javan families. Some of them really knew about tigers and had both skins and skulls.

that would be awesome to see some of those skins in order to study their stripes pattern peter

(04-03-2020, 10:18 PM)peter Wrote: There has to be a lot more about tigers in both The Netherlands and Indonesia. It's close and then it isn't. Although books about that period are still published quite often, old books are few and far between.  

i'd do my best to find anything here in indonesia, and I would appreciate it if you do the same in your country

(04-03-2020, 10:18 PM)peter Wrote:  When I have time, I'll do a series on Bali, Java and Sumatran tigers. It will have new information I found in old books, including photographs and a few tables.

can't wait to see genuine photos and tables of javan tigers, you know considering nowadays hoaxes is widely spread in our society


anyway here's video of Forrest Galante javan tiger expedition that i'm talking about.

tell me what you thought about that "unknown mammal"? Reply