The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Columbia Encyclopedia World Factbook American Heritage Coll. The differences in subspecies are defined for the most part by their ranges.
Siberian tigers are native to the area of the Amur River in China, North Korea, and Russia.
Their habitats range from mountain forests to equatorial rain forests. 1 Tigers are the largest species of the cat family. The Siberian tiger tends to be the lightest in coloring. The male tiger has no mane comparable to that of a lion , although it may have a ruff around the sides of the head. Tigers and lions are quite similar anatomically and can be interbred.