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Siberian Tiger
Panthera tigris altaica
The Siberian or Amur tiger (Panthera tigris tigris, Amur population) survives in the Russian Far East, mainly in the Sikhote-Alin range, with a small number across the border in northeast China. Its home ranges are the largest of any tiger: males may patrol more than 1,000 squar…
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- Despite being apex predators, Siberian tigers may travel over 1,000 kilometers in search of food or mates due to the scarcity of prey in their habitat.
- The Amur tiger's home range can exceed 1,000 square kilometres, dwarfing the 20 to 100 square kilometres typical of tigers in prey-rich Indian parks. Amur and Caspian tigers are so close genetically that they are effectively the same population split by the loss of habitat in between. The USSR banned tiger hunting in 1947, the first national ban anywhere, when perhaps 30 animals were left. Distemper caught from village dogs is now a recognised cause of death, and vaccinating dogs around tiger reserves is part of the conservation programme.
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