<P> The South China tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris ) is a tiger population in the provinces of Fujian , Guangdong , Hunan , Jiangxi in southern China . The population has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1996 , and is possibly extinct in the wild since no wild individual has been recorded since the early 1970s . Already in the late 1990s , continued survival was considered unlikely due to low prey density , widespread habitat degradation and fragmentation , and other human pressures . The name Amoy tiger was used in the fur trade . It is also known as the South Chinese , the Chinese , and the Xiamen tiger . </P>
<P> The South China tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris ) is a tiger population in the provinces of Fujian , Guangdong , Hunan , Jiangxi in southern China . The population has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1996 , and is possibly extinct in the wild since no wild individual has been recorded since the early 1970s . Already in the late 1990s , continued survival was considered unlikely due to low prey density , widespread habitat degradation and fragmentation , and other human pressures . The name Amoy tiger was used in the fur trade . It is also known as the South Chinese , the Chinese , and the Xiamen tiger . </P>
when did the south china tiger become endangered
when did the south china tiger become endangered
1996
1996