Amur tiger
Amazing fact
In snow, Amur tigers choose routes along frozen riverbeds or paths made by hoofed animals.
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In snow, Amur tigers choose routes along frozen riverbeds or paths made by hoofed animals.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Amur tiger
- Scientific name
- Panthera tigris altaica
- Japanese name
- アムールトラ（シベリアトラ）
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Felidae
- Genus
- Panthera
The Amur tiger is a subspecies of the tiger. It is also called the Siberian tiger.
This tiger subspecies lives in the conifer forests of the Russian Far East and China, and is a very large member of the cat family.
Its black stripes help it blend into the forest, and because each tiger's stripes are different, they can be used to tell tigers apart.
With thick fur and big paws it lives in snowy forests, usually alone, and it is also a good swimmer.
How the Amur tiger lives
It is most active at night, but can also be active during the day. It approaches prey under cover of rocks, trees and bushes. During the breeding season, males and females travel together briefly. The mother raises her cubs alone.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web多摩動物公園Basic data
- Size
- Head and body length: males 2.7–3.3 m, females 2.4–2.75 m
- Weight
- males 180–306 kg, females 100–167 kg
- Diet
- Wild boar, deer, and small animals
- Range
- Russian Far East
Where the Amur tiger has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 简体中文
- 东北虎
- 繁體中文
- 東北虎
- 한국어
- 한국호랑이
- Español
- Tigre del Caspio
- Français
- Tigre de Sibérie
- Deutsch
- Sibirischer Tiger
- Português (Brasil)
- Tigre-siberiano
- Italiano
- Tigre dell'Amur
- العربية
- ببر سيبيري
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Harimau Siberia
- Tiếng Việt
- Hổ Siberi
- Русский
- Амурский тигр
- Türkçe
- Sibirya kaplanı
- বাংলা
- সাইবেরিয়ার বাঘ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — トラ（アムールトラ）Checked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Panthera tigrisChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Amur tiger, look for this
- Look at the black stripes on its yellowish-brown to pale orange coat.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
多摩動物公園EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Amur tiger
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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