Biology
What is the average weight of an amur tiger
what is between 400-700#
Amur tigers are mainly found in this country
What is Russia?
The Amur tiger is the ______ tiger subspecies in terms of size.
What is largest?
Logging and forest loss lead to this, a major threat to tiger survival.
What is habitat destruction?
The Amur tiger is listed as this on the IUCN Red List.
What is Endangered?
Amur tigers are primarily active during this part of the day
What is nighttime / What is nocturnal?)
They are named after this river that borders Russia and China.
What is the Amur River ?
Each tiger has a unique one of these, which scientists use to identify them.
What is a stripe pattern?
Roads and human development create this risk for traveling tigers.
What is habitat fragmentation or vehicle collisions?
This organization works globally to protect wild tiger populations.
(What is the WWF – World Wildlife Fund?
Unlike other tigers, the Amur tiger has this adaptation to survive cold winters.
What is a thick coat and fat layer?
The specific region in Russia where most wild Amur tigers live.
What is the Russian Far East / Sikhote-Alin Mountains?
Amur tigers are also known by this other name.
What is the Siberian tiger?
This illegal activity involves the capture and sale of tigers or their body parts.
What is wildlife trafficking?
One major threat to Amur tigers from illegal human activity.
What is poaching?
This is the main prey species for Amur tigers in the wild
What is deer or wild boar
Amur tigers need a home range as large as this to find enough food.
What is up to 400 square miles?
Tigers are great at this water-related skill.
What is swimming?
One way humans are helping is by installing these to monitor tiger movement.
What are camera traps?
Conservation efforts in Russia include the creation of these protected areas
What are wildlife reserves or national parks?
The Amur tiger is a subspecies of this scientific name.
What is Panthera tigris altaica?
The landscape in which Amur tigers live is mostly made up of this biome.
What is temperate forest / boreal forest?
Unlike lions, tigers prefer this kind of lifestyle.
What is solitary?
Climate change may affect prey populations by doing this to their food source.
What is reducing plant availability or snow cover?
The estimated number of wild Amur tigers left in the wild today
What is ~500–600?