The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is a tiger subspecies which lives in east Siberia. Its conservation status in endangered. In the mid 1980's, there were only 250 individuals left in the wild. This population has slowly gone up since; it was about 350 in 1996 and 500 in 2005.
The diet of the Siberian tiger consists mostly of Wild Boar and Red Deer. It is a very large predator which can weigh over 700 pounds. It will also eat musk, sika deer, and goral, along with smaller animals like salmon, hares, and pikas. Unlike some other tiger species, it is very rare for a Siberian tiger to attack humans.
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