Cambodia's Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) was declared functionally extinct in the country around 2007, when camera trap surveys in the Cardamom Mountains and Eastern Plains failed to produce a single confirmed image. The last credible wild sighting predates that assessment by several years. This issue belongs to a broader series of wildlife conservation commemoratives produced under the Royal Government of Cambodia, typically struck by European contract mints for collector export rather than domestic circulation.
Cambodia's Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) was declared functionally extinct in the country around 2007, when camera trap surveys in the Cardamom Mountains and Eastern Plains failed to produce a single confirmed image. The last credible wild sighting predates that assessment by several years. This issue belongs to a broader series of wildlife conservation commemoratives produced under the Royal Government of Cambodia, typically struck by European contract mints for collector export rather than domestic circulation.