Amur (Siberian) tiger - Population & Distribution

Only about 20% of the Russian Amur tiger population found in protected areas

Previous Population and Distribution
The Amur tiger was once found in the taiga and boreal forests of the Russian Far East, China, and the Korean peninsula. By the 1940s, hunting had driven the Amur tiger to the brink of extinction, with no more than 40 individuals remaining in the wild.

Current Population and Distribution
Thanks to conservation efforts, including by WWF, the population now numbers 431–529 individuals. This population is the largest unfragmented tiger population in the world.

The subspecies is restricted to the Sikhote-Alin range in the Primorski and Khabarovski provinces of the Russian Far East, and possibly to small pockets in the border areas of China and North Korea.

The vast tract of forests in Russia's Primorski and Khabarovski provinces represent the Russian Far East Broadleaf and Conifer Forests ecoregion. Amur tigers found here are under increasing poaching pressure due to political and economic changes that have occured over the last few years.