Tiger love - Siberian tiger or Amur tiger, Panthera tigris altaica Marwell Zoo near Winchester Hampshire UK.
Until 1940 there were eight tiger subspecies in the world. Today, there are five. All are endangered but the Siberian tiger or Amur tiger, Panthera tigris altaica, and the South China tiger, Panthera tigris amoyensis, are under the greatest threat of extinction in the wild. Indeed the South China tiger may have become extinct in the last few years - a count of between 20 and 30 living in the wild in 1998 suggests the population is too small to survive.
