One of the 5 tigers on WAnimals
Mammals · Carnivora · Felidae
Amur Tiger
Panthera tigris altaica
Not Evaluated
It has not yet been assessed against the IUCN criteria.
The Siberian or Amur tiger is the largest cat in the world and the only tiger adapted to winters of thirty degrees below zero. Its winter coat is longer, denser and paler than that of tropical tigers, and it builds up a layer of subcutaneous fat on the belly and flanks. It hunts wild boar and deer over enormous territories, since prey is scarce in the taiga. By the middle of the twentieth century barely a few dozen individuals remained; strict protection in Russia has allowed a slow but steady recovery.
Weight
100 kg – 306 kg
Size
2 m – 3.3 m
Life expectancy
15 years
