No reliable evidence supports the presence of the Javan tiger: data issues related to the DNA analysis of a recent hair sample

A recent study published in Oryx proposed that the extinct Javan tiger Panthera tigris sondaica may still survive on the Island of Java, Indonesia, based on mitochondrial DNA analysis of a single hair sample collected from a location where a tiger was reportedly encountered.However, upon reanalysing the genetic data presented in that study, we conc

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