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The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris tigris native to Northeast China, the Russian Far East, [1] and possibly North Korea. [2] It once ranged throughout the Korean Peninsula , but currently inhabits mainly the Sikhote-Alin mountain region in south-west Primorye Province in the Russian Far East.
Siberian tiger coat on flank (side) The tiger's coat usually has short hairs, reaching up to 35 mm (1.4 in), though the hairs of the northern-living Siberian tiger can reach 105 mm (4.1 in). Belly hairs tend to be longer than back hairs. The density of their fur is usually thin, though the Siberian tiger develops a particularly thick winter coat.
Results of a phylogeographic analysis evinces that the Caspian and Siberian tiger populations shared a common continuous geographic distribution until the early 19th century. [5] Some Caspian tigers were intermediate in size between Siberian and Bengal tigers. [2] [6] [7]
The Bengal tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies and the nominate tiger subspecies. It ranks among the largest wild cats alive today. It is estimated to have been present in the Indian subcontinent since the Late Pleistocene for about 12,000 to 16,500 years.
Following list contains size (weight and length) measurements for wild adult males of each species: Rank Common name ... Tiger: Panthera tigris: 126–221 [1] (277-487)
Some remains of P. t. soloensis suggest that it would have been about the size of a modern Bengal tiger. However, given the size of other remains, it may have been larger than a modern tiger. A large male could have weighed around 400 kg (880 lb), in which case it would have been heavier than the largest extant tiger subspecies, [3] rendering ...
A white tiger at the Madrid Zoo. White tigers have been recorded in India since 16th century CE. The first white tiger was captured in 1915. A white tiger named Mohan was captured by the king of Rewa, Martand Singh, in 1951 from the forest of Sidhi district, which is now part of the Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve.
The golden tiger's coat is lighter than that of a normal tiger A golden tiger , sometimes called a golden tabby tiger , is a Bengal tiger with a colour variation caused by a recessive gene. Like white tigers and black tigers, it is a morph , and not a separate subspecies.