Scientists say the Javan tiger is not extinct, but geneticists protest

The Javan tiger was last spotted by scientists in 1976, but locals still occasionally report seeing tigers on the island to this day. The authors of the new research paper say they have been able to confirm that the species may still exist. They came to the conclusion after analysing a single hair from a plantation in West Java.
The DNA obtained from the hair closely matched DNA from the skin of a Javan tiger kept in the museum. That said, geneticists have found inconsistencies in their colleagues’ work, calling into question the validity of the study.