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Vasudevan Mukunth

The Science Quiz | Recent animal extinctions from Asia

Questions:

1. This leopard species was first described in 1862. Within the next 120 years, it went extinct in its home range in Taiwan. An extensive 15-year survey from 1997 to 2012 also failed to find any individuals. Name the species.

2. Until at least 2008, this tiger species was believed to have gone extinct in the 1950s. The species was described as being the smallest tiger on the Sunda Islands. After a 2017 reform in taxonomy, this species was brought under Panthera tigris sondaica, which includes the extant Sumatran tiger. Name this tiger.

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