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Naturally, the Sumatran tiger was named for the Sumatra Island, which historically has been the species primary breeding location. However, in recent years, scientists have had more challenges in tracking the breeding patterns of these animals due to an inability to spot tiger cubs. This week, new footage was captured that provides more information.

In order to better understand the current breeding patterns, and determine if the Sumatran tigers are continuing to breed regularly at their namesake location which has been threatened due to poaching, the World Wildlife Fund had setup cameras. Though they have been in place for a number of years, to date they only caught adult tigers. This week, cubs were captured in footage indicating that these rare tigers, that are estimated to exist in mere numbers around 400 in the wild, are continuing to breed despite their threatened habitat.

You can view the video footage on National Geographic’s website .

Image Via: Flickr User Kim-i with a Creative Commons License

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