Siberian or Amur Tiger
Panthera tigris altaica

It is estimated that 360-406 still exist in the wild. About 490 captive Amur tigers are managed in zoo conservation programs. The Siberian or AMur 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 10'9" long and weigh up to 660 pounds. Females are smaller, measuring about 8 1/2 feet from head to tail, and weighing about 200 to 370 pounds. The Amur tiger's orange coloring is paler than the coloring of other tigers. Its stripes are brown rather than black, and are widely spaced. It has a white chest and belly, and a thick white ruff of fur around its neck. The primary prey of the Amur tiger is elk and wild boar. The heaviest tiger recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records is a 1,025-pound male Siberian tiger.