Siberian Tiger
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The Siberian tiger is the largest of the six surviving subspecies of tiger, all of which are threatened. Very closely related to the Capsian Tiger (there is genetic research that indicates they may as well be the same species), its historic range spanned all of western and central Asia. The western populations went extinct over this range over the course of the 20th century as habitat loss and active persecution (particularly in the Caspian Sea region by the Soviets), and now the last remaining populations are confined to the Russian Far East. Habitat loss, hunting for skins and body parts for use in traditional medicine remain significant threats