Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris tigris native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China and possibly North Korea.
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16 Facts About Siberian tiger
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Siberian tiger is genetically close to the now-extinct Caspian tiger.
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The Caspian and Siberian tiger populations were the northernmost in mainland Asia.
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Fur of the Siberian tiger is moderately thick, coarse and sparse compared to that of other felids living in the former Soviet Union.
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Siberian tiger once inhabited much of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria and other parts of north-eastern China, the eastern part of Siberia and the Russian Far East, perhaps as far west as Mongolia and the area of Lake Baikal, where the Caspian tiger reportedly occurred.
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Key habitats of the Siberian tiger are Korean pine forests with a complex composition and structure.
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Wolf and Siberian tiger interactions are well documented in Sikhote-Alin, where until the beginning of the 20th century, very few wolves were sighted.
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Today, wolves are considered scarce in Siberian tiger habitat, being found in scattered pockets, and usually seen travelling as loners or in small groups.
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The Siberian tiger apparently ambushed, pursued, and killed the lynx but only consumed it partially.
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Siberian tiger will spend 5 or 6 days with the male, during which she is receptive for three days.
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Tigers were historically rarely considered dangerous unless provoked, though in the lower reaches of the Syr-Darya, a Siberian tiger reportedly killed a woman collecting firewood and an unarmed military officer whilst passing through reed thickets.
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The following morning, Siberian tiger sightings were reported by locals along the same road, and a local TV station did an on-site coverage.
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About an hour after that encounter, the Siberian tiger attacked and killed a 26-year-old woman on the same road.
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In January 2011, a Siberian tiger attacked and killed a tour bus driver at a breeding park in Heilongjiang province.
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In July 2020, a female Siberian tiger attacked and killed a 55-year-old zookeeper at the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland.
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Siberian tiger is used in heraldic symbols throughout the area where it is indigenous.
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