Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris Altaica)

• The Amur or Siberian tiger lives primarily in the coniferous, scrub oak, and birch woodlands of eastern Russia, with a few tigers found in northeastern China and northern North Korea.

• Amur tigers are the largest of the tiger subspecies. Males can grow up to 3.3 meters long and weigh up to 300 kilograms. Females are smaller, measuring about 2.6 meters from head to tail, and weighing about 100 to 167 kilograms.

• It is estimated that around 300 Siberian tigers still exist in the wild. About 490 captive Amur tigers are managed in zoos around the world.