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Siberian tiger Illustration of a Siberian tiger, Panthera tigris altaica, showing its large, muscular body with orange fur, black stripes, and a white underside. A scale bar below indicates length in centimeters and inches. A Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) runs through snow, its front paw raised, in a zoo enclosure. Siberian tiger Siberian tiger
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Siberian tiger A Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) at Longleat Safari and Adventure Park, Wiltshire, England.

Siberian tiger

mammal
Also known as: Amur tiger, Panthera tigris altaica
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Siberian tiger, (subspecies Panthera tigris altaica), subspecies of tiger (Panthera tigris) inhabiting the Primorye and Khabarovsk territories of far eastern Russia as well as northeastern China. Although most classifications recognize the Siberian tiger as a distinct subspecies, others consider it to be a subpopulation of the Bengal tiger subspecies (P. tigris tigris). Still, the Siberian tiger is distinguished from other tiger subspecies (including the similar-looking but hot-climate Bengal tiger) by its muted orange coat accented...

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