siberian tiger

SIBERIAN TIGER



The Siberian Tiger, sometimes referred to as the

Manchurian Tiger, is an endothermic quadruped in the kingdom

of Animalia. It's phylum is Chordata and it's class is

Mammillia. It's order is Carnivora and it's family is the

Felidae. It's genus is Panthera and it's species is Tigris

Altaica.

The Siberian Tiger is a mobile creature and it lives in

northern Asia and is found as for north as the Arctic Circle.

It's territory is more than four thousand square miles and it

will keep that territory indefinitely, as long as the food

supply lasts.

The Siberian Tiger hunts very much but only about one

tenth of the hunts are successful. It requires more than

twenty pounds of meat per day. It is heterotrophic and it's

diet consists mainly of deer, boar, bear and fish.

The Siberian Tiger is a solitary animal. Males and

females are only together during mating season. Females will

only stay with their litter of two or three cubs for less

than two years.

The Siberian Tiger is the largest cat in the world

today. It measures thirteen feet long and weighs in at seven

hundred pounds. It's cousin, the Bengal Tiger, is only

seventy five percent it's size.

The Siberian Tiger's thick coat is normally yellow with

black stripes, however in winter, the yellow fades to near

white for better camouflage. It's body is heavily muscled

for great strength. It's hearing and sight are excellent,

and it's night vision is five times better than a humans.

The Siberian Tiger is now very rare and on the

endangered species list, mainly because poachers illegally

slaughter them for their fur. Currently, there are less than

two hundred animals in existence.