Amur tiger

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nounAmur tiger (plural Amur tigers)

Synonym of Siberian tiger.
Amid the torrent of bad environmental news in recent years, the story of Amur tigers in Russia offered a flicker of optimism. […] In Russia, the Amur tiger was once found as far as Lake Baikal in central Siberia, some 2,000 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, and in China and North Korea.
2009 November 23, Michael Schwirtz, “Data Show a Decline for Tigers in Russia”, in The New York Times
Synonyms: Siberian tiger

nounSynonym of Siberian tiger.

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