Siberian Tiger

TheUndertaker45 (talk) 13:25, September 21, 2013 (UTC) The Siberian tiger

Information
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 conservationefforts, but partial surveys conducted after 2005 indicate that the Russian tiger population is declining.[1]

The Siberian tiger is the largest living felid and ranks among the biggest felids to ever exist.[2] source:wikipedia.org

Height and Weight
The Siberian tiger is reddish-rusty or rusty-yellow in color, with narrow black transverse stripes. The body length is not less than 150 cm (60 in), condylobasal length of skull 250 mm (10 in),  zygomatic  width 180 mm (7 in), and length of upper  carnassial  tooth over 26 mm (1 in) long. It has an extended supple body standing on rather short legs with a fairly long tail. [4]  It is typically 5–10 cm (2–4 in) taller than the  Bengal tiger, which is about 107–110 cm (42–43 in) tall. [5 Measurements taken by scientists of the  Siberian Tiger Project  in Sikhote-Alin range from 178 to 208 cm (70 to 82 in) in head and body length measured in straight line, with an average of 195 cm (77 in) for males; and for females ranging from 167 to 182 cm (66 to 72 in) with an average of 174 cm (69 in). The average tail measures 99 cm (39 in) in males and 91 cm (36 in) in females. The longest male "Maurice" measured 309 cm (122 in) in total length (tail of 101 cm (40 in)) and had a chest girth of 127 cm (50 in). The longest female "Maria Ivanna" measured 270 cm (110 in) in total length (tail of 88 cm (35 in)) and had a chest girth of 108 cm (43 in). These measurements show that the present Amur tiger is longer than the Bengal tiger and the African lion. [5]  According to modern research of wild Siberian tigers in Sikhote-Alin, an average adult male of more than 35 months of age weighs 176.4 kg (389 lb), the average asymptotic limit being 222.3 kg (490 lb); an adult tigress weighs 117.9 kg (260 lb). The mean weight of historical Siberian tigers is supposed to be higher: 215.3 kg (475 lb) for male tigers and 137.5 kg (303 lb) for females. [6]  In May 2011, a male called "Banzai" weighing 207 kg (456 lb) was  radio-collared. This individual is heavier but smaller in size than a previously radio-collared male. [7]

Measurements of more than fifty captured individuals suggest that body size is similar to that of Bengal tigers.[8]

The largest male, with largely assured references, measured 350 cm (140 in) "over curves", equivalent to 330 cm (130 in) between pegs. The tail length in fully grown males is about 1 m (39 in). Weights of up to 318 kg (701 lb) have been recorded and exceptionally large males weighing up to 384 kg (847 lb) are mentioned in the literature but, according to Mazák, none of these cases can be confirmed via reliable sources.[9]

A further unconfirmed report tells of a male tiger shot in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in 1950 weighing 384 kg (847 lb) with an estimated length of 3.48 m (11.4 ft). In some cases, Siberian tigers in captivity reached a body weight of up to 465 kg (1,025 lb), such as the tiger "Jaipur."[10]source:wikipedia.org