The South China Tiger

The South China tiger (scientific name panthera tigris amoyensis) is a subspecies of tiger that used to inhabit the sub-tropical evergreen forests of southeast China's mountainous borders. It used to inhabit this habitat, as opposed to currently inhabits it, because it has not been seen there for more than 25 years, so scientists consider it to be "functionally extinct", or extinct in the wild. However, there are plans to reintroduce it back into the wild.

The South China tiger is classified as a Critically Endangered species. It is this close to becoming extinct because much of its population was hunted between the early 1950s and the late 1970s due to it being viewed as a pest that needed to be eliminated. Because of this, the Chinese government officially outlawed all hunting of it in 1979 and officially declared its survival to be one of their primary conservation efforts in 1995.

Source for picture and all information: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/south-china-tiger