Ain Syazwani binti Haron

Norlela binti Mohamed Kasa

Elina Zaliha binti Mahizan
Nur Farizan Binti Mat Ghani
Juliana Binti Che Din
Tigers
• Common Name  : Siberian tiger, Amur
tiger;
Tigre de Sibérie(Fr);
(Sp)
• Scientific Name :  Panthera tigris altaica
• Habitat  : Boreal forest
• Location  : Far eastern Asia
• Status   IUCN:
Critically Endangered (CR - C2a(ii))
CITES: Appendix I
 Habitat
• Major habitat type
Boreal forest

• Biogeographic realm
Palearctic

• Range States
China, North Korea, Russia

• Geographical Location
Far eastern Asia

• Ecological Region
Russian Far East Broadleaf and Conifer Forests
 Physical
features
• A typical male Amur tiger, the largest of the tiger
subspecies, may weigh more than 250 kg and measure
nearly three meters from nose to tip of the tail.

• Size
Individuals weigh between 180 and 300 kg. Females are
normally smaller than males and weigh 100-167 kg (220-
368 lb), probably up to 180 kg (400 lb).

• Colour
The upper part of the animal ranges from reddish orange to
ochre, and the under parts are whitish. The body has a
series of black striations of black to dark grey colour.
 
 Breeding
• Siberian tigers reach sexual maturity at
3 years of age.
• A female signals her receptiveness by
leaving urine deposits and scratch
marks on trees.
• Cubs are divided equally between
genders at birth. However, by
adulthood there are usually 2 to 4
females for every male. The female
cubs remain with their mothers longer,
and later they establish territories close
 The causes
• Tigers are most commonly poached for their fur
and for their body parts used in Traditional
Chinese Medicine.
• It is estimated that in 1991 alone, one-third of the
Siberian tiger population was killed to meet the
demand for their bones and other parts used in
this practice.
• This even though the practice is now unlawful in
China.

• In 1993 the State Council of the People's Republic

of China issued a notice declaring the use of tiger
bone for medicinal purposes to be illegal.
• The Chinese government encouraged the Ministry
of Public Health and the pharmaceutical
companies to seek substitute medicines for tiger
parts. However, because it is such a lucrative
 The causes
• The other vital concern for the survival
of the Siberian tiger in the wild is
habitat loss.
• Research has demonstrated the
Siberian tigers require vast forest
landscapes to survive.
• However logging, both legal and illegal
is threatening the tigers home by
fragmenting their habitat thereby
isolating them from each other.
• In addition, the continuous creation of
new logging roads provide poachers
 Steps to
conserve
• WWF, in partnership with Russian
authorities and other NGOs.
• To helping establish an ecological
network of protected areas (Econet) to
secure well-connected habitat for the
Amur tiger, funds anti-poaching patrols
in the Russian Far East.
• Supports an ungulate recovery
programme.
• WWF is collaborating with the Russian
authorities and other partners in the
recent survey of Amur tigers.
 
 Preservation
• Groups of tigers become separated
from each other by villages and
farms: tigers in one area can no
longer mate with tigers in nearby
areas.
• Instead, tigers must breed
repeatedly with the same small
group of animals.
• Forestry and wildlife departments are
too understaffed and under budgeted
to be effective against the onslaught
The end