东北虎(Siberian Tiger)
The Siberian tiger (also known as the Amur, Korean, Manchurian, or North China tiger) is the largest and most powerful subspecies of naturally occurring feline. The Siberian tiger is almost totally
confined to a very restricted
part of eastern Russia,
the Amur-Ussuri region of Primorye and Khabarovsk, a location it shares with the Siberian leopard, where they are now being actively tiger populations reside in China.
The tiger population in the of 2004, despite significant that crosses their territory. to frequent road inspections. tigers
Sikhote-Alin
was 250 in 1992, increasing to 350
as
protected.
About 10% of Siberian
losses of cubs due to car accidents Illegal
on the single road
poaching has been brought under control thanks
around 20 of these
these tigers
It is rumoured that there are still
China.As the total
in the Mount Changbai area of population of
fell to 150 in the wild, many subpopulations are possibly not genetically viable, subject to potentially catastrophic inbreeding. However, Russian conservation efforts have led to a revival of the subspecies, and the number of individuals in the Primorsky region of Russia has risen from 450 to 500 in the past decade, indicating positive growth.
The Siberian tiger can weigh as much as 700lb (318 kg) or more. In years past, scientists
believed that these cats could weigh up to 800lb (350 kg), but that earlier
range, which was based largely on the estimates of hunters, is not now generally accepted. Apart from the size, Siberian tigers by their paler fur and
are differentiated
from other tigers
hunters, they
dark brown, rather than black, stripes. Adept
prey primarily on red deer, wild boar, roe deer, sika deer, and goral, a goatlike animal, but
will
also take smaller prey like hares, rabbits, and
salmon. They have
sometimes even been known to kill and eat small Asiatic black bears. Since it is
estimated that 85% of a Siberian tiger‘s diet is composed of red deer and wild boar, protecting
these and other prey animals from illegal
as preventing direct killing
hunting may be just as important of the big cats.Siberian
tigers
to the tiger‘s survival
some times cross breeds with Bengal tigers. A white Siberian tiger is usually the result of such cross breeding and it is unsure whether pure white Siberian tigers exist.
A Siberian tiger named Hodori was chosen to represent the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea.
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