:quality(80))
:quality(80))
:quality(80))
:quality(80))
Amur tiger
"The Amur tiger's prey is often so large that 5 adults would have to lift it together. The tiger can do this all by itself!"
Discover in real lifeHabitat:
in forests in eastern Russia and China
Food:
meat
Lifespan:
8 to 10 years
Weight:
♀ 110 to 170 kilograms ♂ 190 to 300 kilograms
Number of young:
1 to 7 young
Gestation period:
3.5 months on average
IUCN status:
endangered
EEP:
yes
About the Amur tiger
The Amur tiger is the largest feline in the world. They live solitary and thus prefer to live alone, like many other felines. Tigers mark their territory with their scent by urinating all over everything. This is how other tigers know that a habitat is already occupied. Males usually have a larger territory than females. Tigers are the only felines with stripes. This allows them to hide well in the densely forested areas in which they live. Sneaking up on prey is therefore unseen, allowing them to catch it well.
Habitat and threats
Amur tigers live in eastern China and Russia in vast, dense forests. Their fur makes them well adapted to the cold. They also used to live in much of Korea and China. By the 1940s, the species was nearly extinct due to tiger hunting. Only an estimated twenty Amur tigers in the wild. Russia's commitment to the protection of both the Amur tiger and its prey animals has ensured that about 400 to 500 Amur tigers now live again in the wild.
Illegal hunting is still the reason the tiger is listed as endangered on the IUCN. The tiger is hunted not only for their fur but also because it is believed in many Asian countries that medicine can be made from the body parts. For example, the the claws reduce sleeplessness, the teeth reduce fevers, tiger bones help with rheumatism, headaches and back pain and the tail solve skin problems.
:quality(75)){kind=spacer}
In EAZA zoos
~0 (0.00%)
In the wild
~450 (100.00%)
Species conservation in Eindhoven Zoo
The Amur tigers at Eindhoven Zoo are part of the European management program; the EEP. EEP stands for EAZA Ex situ Programs. An EEP has been created for very many animal species. This plan contains rules about the animals' stay, food and care.
Each management program is coordinated by a designated coordinator. This person keeps records of a particular species and manages the zoo population. For example, a herd book is kept that shows which animals live where, how old they are, who the parents and grandparents are and much more. The coordinator, together with a committee, gives advice on which animals are allowed to have offspring together, which animals need to move to other parks to do so and which ones. The chance of healthy offspring and thus keeping the species alive is greatest this way. On the signs in Eindhoven Zoo and on this website you can recognize animals with an EEP by the logo of a rhino and her calf.
:quality(75))
Species conservation in the wild
Through Stichting Wildlife, Eindhoven Zoo supports nearly thirty conservation projects around the world. This includes helping the Amur tiger in the wild. Each year Stichting Wildlife donates to the Wildlife Conservation Society to help the Amur tigers in Russia. WCS is committed to researching Amur tigers in eastern Russia, protecting them protect them from illegal poaching and to prevent or resolve conflicts between humans and tigers.
More info about WCSMore info about Stichting Wildlife