Male Siberian Tiger
by Darren Wilkes
Title
Male Siberian Tiger
Artist
Darren Wilkes
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Mixed Media
Description
The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Amur tiger, is a tiger subspecies inhabiting mainly the Sikhote Alin mountain region with a small population in southwest Primorye province in the Russian Far East. In 2005, there were 331�393 adult and subadult Amur tigers in this region, with a breeding adult population of about 250 individuals. The population had been stable for more than a decade due to intensive conservation efforts, but partial surveys conducted after 2005 indicate that the Russian tiger population is declining.
Results of a phylogeographic study comparing mitochondrial DNA from Caspian tigers and living tiger subspecies indicate that the common ancestor of the Amur and Caspian subspecies colonized Central Asia from eastern China via the Gansu−Silk Road corridor from eastern China, and then subsequently traversed Siberia eastward to establish the Amur tiger population in the Russian Far East.
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April 9th, 2014
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Comments (16)
Emmy Vickers
I love tigers and have been photographing them a lot lately. This is a great up-close capture. Love the detail, colors, and lighting. Well done. L.
Carol Lynn Coronios
My girls have looked at me like that occasionally. Seriously - WONDERFUL portrait of this magnificent tiger. Congrats on the features. Liked
Connie Handscomb
Darren, this is Fantastic! .. detail is superb .. & oh , look, his eyes match the greenery :)))
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