Siberian Tigers have a striped coat. They have a yellowish eye color. Their colors are a yellowish red and black with a white belly. They have black ears with white spots and a black and white tail. These tigers are the largest living cats in the world. Male tigers are about 10 -20 feet long and females are about 9-11 feet long. Males weigh about 400-600 lbs. and females weigh about 300-400 lbs. Siberian Tigers live about 25 years in captivity and 10 years in the wild.

    The Siberian Tiger's range is from Korea, China and in the east of Russia to the edge of Siberia. Its habitat is forests in mountain areas. It lives near rocky streams and high cliffs. The temperature may get down to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

    The Siberian Tiger’s diet includes wild pigs, deer, birds, elk, turtles, lynx, bears, rabbits, fish, and other animals. Actually, they will eat almost anything that they catch. It needs to eat over 20 pounds of food a day. When they go hunting, the tigers will move along the grass about 3 mph. The tigers will creep up to its prey, then pounce and grab its prey by the neck. They will drag their prey to a safe place to eat. When the mom kills the prey she will call her cubs to join her. These tigers do not prey on humans. Siberian Tigers hunt alone.

    Siberian Tigers have at least 2-4 cubs. They weigh about 2-3 pounds. Their cubs are blind when they are first born. After 2 weeks they can open their eyes. When the cubs are little, they begin to grow stripes. Cubs begin to hunt with their mothers when they are about 6 months old. They leave their mother when they are 3 to 5 years old.

    Siberian Tigers are an endangered species. Most of them live in zoos. There are only about 200 living in the wild. About 1,000 Siberian Tigers live in zoos. Most are descended from 1 of 3 bloodlines. They need more variety to remain a strong species.

    
       Siberian tiger at the Brandywine Zoo

    If you would like to do a web quest about tigers, visit
            A Totally Terrific Tiger.

    If you would like to design a habitat for a tiger, visit Cyber Tiger.

For more information visit:
http://www.sibertiger.com/
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/eurasia/tiger/
http://www.5tigers.org/Basics/Subsp_distribution/siberian.htm
http://www.hal-pc.org/~jsb/tigers.html
http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/
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