Hunchun, Jilin Province photographed the Northeast Tiger taking a walk with its cubs. How rare is the Northeast Tiger?

Hunchun, Jilin Province photographed the Northeast Tiger taking a walk with its cubs. How rare is the Northeast Tiger? On February 7, a surveillance camera installed by Chen Baoan, a farmer in Hunchun City, Jilin Province, recorded a mother of a Siberian tiger. Take the baby for a walk? Precious moment. From 20 17 to 20 19, newly bred Siberian tiger cubs 10 and 7 Siberian leopard cubs were detected in the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park. Then the question is, how rare is the Northeast Tiger?

According to 1987, there are 623 Siberian tigers in zoos all over the world (excluding China). There are 94 Siberian tigers in 27 zoos in China (the other 5 are not counted). That is to say, there is still a chance for this tiger subspecies. Many countries, including China, have realized that it is necessary to breed more Siberian tigers while raising tigers. And try to get a few tiger species from the wild in time to update the existing blood relationship and continue its roots of life.

Then why is the Northeast Tiger so rare? Siberian tiger, scientific name Siberian tiger, is a specialty of Asian continent. They are found from Siberia to the Nanyang Islands. There are six cousins in their family, which is called six in animal taxonomy. Subspecies? . There are three subspecies in China: Northeast Tiger, South China Tiger and Bengal Tiger. Siberian tiger is the largest tiger species in existence. It has a strong body and beautiful colors. Living in the Russian Far East. The economic value of the Northeast Tiger is extremely high, and the value of an adult tiger is equivalent to more than 30 minks. It is precisely because of this that the Siberian tiger was ruthlessly killed. The reproductive rate of tigers is also low, and their life span is generally around 25 years.

Excessive deforestation has accelerated the loss of habitat of the Siberian tiger, and at the same time, it has made its prey (such as roe deer, wild boar, muntjac, etc.) homeless, resulting in food shortage of the Siberian tiger. Coupled with the medicinal value of tiger skin and bones, the Northeast Tiger has long been hunted. In addition, due to human activities, habitat destruction and other factors, the distribution area of the Siberian tiger was divided into several isolated ones. Island? There is a lack of gene communication between distribution areas, and even in some distribution areas, only one individual cannot reproduce. In short, under the comprehensive effect of the above factors, the Siberian tiger has become a rare animal today.