Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) Asia Postcard

Animals->Tiger _x000D_ _x000D_ The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica ), also known as the Amur tiger , is a tiger subspecies inhabiting mainly the Sikhote Alin mountain region with a small subpopulation in southwest Primorye province in the Russian Far East . In 2005, there were 331–393 adult-subadult Amur tigers in this region, with a breeding adult population of about 250 individuals. The population has been stable for more than a decade due to intensive conservation efforts, but partial surveys conducted after 2005 indicate that the Russian tiger population is declining. _x000D_ The Siberian tiger together with the Caspian and Bengal tiger subspecies represents the largest living felid and ranks among the biggest felids that ever existed. _x000D_ Phylogeographic analysis with extant tiger subspecies suggests that less than 10,000 years ago the ancestor of Amur and Caspian tigers colonized Central Asia via the Gansu −Silk Road corridor from eastern China then subsequently traversed Siberia eastward to establish the Amur tiger population in the Russian Far East. _x000D_ _x000D_ This page is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.