“The extinct Caspian Tiger” For centuries animals have become extinct due to natural selection being not in favor of that particular species. Changes in climates change that particular region and as a result plants died out and/or another animal species shortens and causes another to starve out. Humans participate in a lot of the damage that has been done to many animal species through pollution, hunting, and the destruction of the places where they live. The Caspian Tiger also known as the Turan tiger was last recorded in the wild until the early 1970’s.
The Turan tiger was in the past found populating a multitude of areas like the southeast hill and lowland forests of the Caucasus, lowlands forests of Priship, and subsequently moved toward the eastern plains of the Trans-Caucasus, and the Zangezur Mountains. Within Middle Asia it populated the southwestern Turkmenia, Sumbar and Chandyr rivers; in the western and southwestern parts of Kapet- Dag, the northern foothills of Ashkabad, in the Afghanistan upper range at Herat and along the jungles in the lower river areas around Tedzhen, Murgap, Kushka, and Kashan rivers. More over, along the Fergana Valley, western branch of Talas Alatau, and the entire Aral Sea area. The wide ranging of distribution can be evaluated by the new research reveals that 10,000 years ago the ancient tigers went through it along China’s Gansu Corridor.
The Caspian tiger was known to follow the migratory herds such as the boar. The Kazakh people referred to this tiger as the travelling leopard since they travelled distances looking for food. The Caspian tiger is considered the third largest tiger in the world. This tiger was longer then most tigers, very thick and more resilient in body structure. The paws were remarkably larger compared to other species of tigers. This species ears were extremely short, cheeks were furry, and