Therefore, they grow a longer, thicker coat than other tigers and have more fat on their sides and belly. This layer of fur and fat help keep the tiger warm. During the harsh Siberian winter the tigers' coat loses some color. This helps them blend in with its snow-covered habitat Summer the coat becomes shorter. The Siberian tiger s color is lighter than the bengal with stripes that are brown and narrow.
Siberian tigers are heavily haired, and have relatively long and thick fur.
Male s hair is somehow longer than female s hair. In order to characterize the protein fibers, following items must be taken under consideration mean diameter, mean scale height, mean frequency, scale pattern are used. The scale height is the most important characterization of a keratin fiber and tiger has approximately 0.1 m m of scale height. The surface of the fiber is covered with scales. The scales are mostly cylindrical with narrow and ripple crenate margins running around the fiber axis.