About to revive the extinct Persian tiger

The Persian Tiger is an extinct tiger subspecies in the 1960s. However, scientists recently said they will revive this extinct precious species.

The Persian Tiger , or Panthera tigris virgata , is very large, weighs more than 136 kg, one of the largest of the cat family.

A new study in the Journal of Biological Conservation has revealed that a group of scientists are looking to effectively revive this tiger, based on another tiger subspecies in Russia's cold far east.

They are an international research group funded by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which has an ambitious plan to take similar tiger genes and bring them back to Central Asia.

Persian tiger and Siberian tiger have a common ancestor.

The Persian Tiger lived mainly in a Russian colony, Turkestan, which included a part of Russia, Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Afghanistan and several other Central Asian countries.

There, their dense forest habitat was completely converted into arable land, more hunted by soldiers and civilians, so it became extinct. Many wild pigs have also been destroyed in the 20th century due to hunting, natural disasters and the spread of disease.

A coincidence, when a recent genetic analysis of another tiger subspecies, Siberian tiger (Amur) in Russia, shows that they and the Persian tiger have a common ancestor. More importantly, the Siberian tiger is still in danger of extinction. This species lives in the Sikhote Alin mountains and Primorye province, in the far east of Russia.

This study found that the common ancestors of two tigers moved to Central Asia from eastern China, along the Silk Road about 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age. Some came to Turkestan and became Persian tigers, others in Russia's far east and into Siberian tigers.

However, although the biological differences are very small, there are certain differences between Persian and Siberian tigers when considering the genetic level. The surviving tigers in Russia will be used to revive the Persian tiger.

The new Persian tiger habitat has been identified in Kazakhstan, where it is expected to feed about 100 tigers in the next 50 years.

Animals of tigers, such as deer, wild boars, should also be brought back into the reserve. Natural water sources also need to be carefully planned so that Persian tigers are preserved. There are many other things to do, to ensure that the Persian tiger can be revived.