SIBERIAN TIGER By Patrick McLaurin

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae

TAXONOMY

TAXONOMY • Subfamily: Pantherinae Genus: Panthera Species: P. Tigris Subspecies: P. Tigris altaica

Panthera

Tigris altaica

Scientific Name

Location • Though it once ranged throughout Western and Central Asia and eastern Russia, it is now completely confined to the Amur-Ussuri region of Primorsky Krai and Khabarovs Krai in far eastern Siberia, where it is now protected. [wikipedia]

Habitat • the Siberian tiger was mostly confined to the forests of the Talysh lowlands in areas where streams and reed thickets along marine lagoons were adjacent. In Turkmenia, Uzbekistan and Tadzhikistan, the tiger favored river and lake basins, densely grown reeds, plume grass or tugai forests consisting of poplar, oleaster and willow. [wikipedia]

Size and weight • Mature males reach an average head and body length of 190-230 centimeters (7590 in). The largest male with largely assured references was 350 cm (138 in) "over curves" (3,30 m/130 in. between pegs) in total length. Females are normally smaller than males and weigh 100-167 kg (220-368 lb), probably up to 180 kg (400 lb

Food • The Siberian tiger's main prey was Wild Boar, though it occasionally fed on Roe Deer, Red Deer and domestic animals such as dogs and cattle in winter.

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Siberian tigers reach sexual maturity at four years of age. They mate at any time of the year. A female signals her receptiveness by leaving urine deposits and scratch marks on trees. She will spend a week with the male, during which she is receptive for three days. Litter size is normally three or four cubs but there can be as many as six.

Reproduction