Siberian Tiger
BINOMIAL NAME:
Panthera Tigris Altaica
ANATOMICAL PROPORTIONS:
10.5- 15.5 ft. long (tip-to-tail)/ 3.5-4 ft. tall/ 250-750 lbs.
POPULATION (APPROXIMATE):
400-500
CONSERVATION STATUS:
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
DISTRIBUTION & HABITAT:
Low mountains, dense spruce and deciduous forests, river valleys, and nut groves of the Sikhote-Alin range in the Primorski and Khabarovski provinces in far eastern Russian, and (possibly) pocket populations at the border of Russia and China, up the coast of northern China.
DIET:
Mostly medium-sized mammals (wild boar, roe deer, red deer, Manchurian wapiti, moose, sika deer, musk deer, and goral), occasionally smaller mammals (rabbits, hairs, and pikas), and even less often fish (salmon)
SPECIES THREATS:
As with most large, mammalian carnivores, the Siberian tiger has a dense and beautifully marked coat, which is prized by trophy hunters and poachers.
Siberian tigers are especially sought after for the use of their parts in traditional Asian medicine, which can account for most of the poaching that goes on today.
Deforestation (habitat loss) poses yet another continued risk for the few remaining Siberian tigers.
UNIQUE FACTS:
The Siberian tiger is the world's largest feline. It is truly enormous, with the largest individual size recorded at approximately 850 lbs.
Sometimes alternatively called the Amur tiger, the Siberian tiger goes by many regional/ vernacular names, such as Altaic tiger, North China tiger, Manchurian tiger, Korean tiger, or Ussuri tiger.
Though attacks on humans are rare, Siberian tigers have been in the news in recent years--one incident in particular, was an infamous mauling at the San Diego zoo. A female named Tatiana escaped her enclosure, after hours, and killed two (trespassing) visitors, who were also apparently taunting the animal. Unfortunately, not only were two people killed, but so was the tiger (she was shot by police when they arrived at the scene). Later, the zoo came under harsh scrutiny for the low-built enclosure surrounding the tiger exhibit, which was clearly not high enough to keep the tiger in.
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