Caspian Tigers and Loptuq Activity Contexts in Eastern Turkestan

Forgotten Turkic People in Eastern Turkestan, an IRES project, directed by ethnologist Ingvar Svanberg, has released a new article examining the historical ecology of the Loptuq people. The study explores the complex relationship between the Loptuq fisher-foragers and the now-extinct Caspian tiger in the lower Tarim River basin at the turn of the twentieth century, with particular attention to patterns of coexistence and interspecies interaction.

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Ingvar Svanberg, Patrick Hällzon, Urs Breitenmoser, and Sabira Ståhlberg, “Caspian Tigers and Loptuq Activity Contexts in Eastern Turkestan,” Ethnobiology Letters 17(1) (2026): 34–43.