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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 77. Chapters: Tiger, Brown Bear, Reindeer, Steller sea lion, Sea otter, Eurasian Wolf, Raccoon Dog, European Mink, European Rabbit, Siberian Weasel, Edible dormouse, European Water Vole, Dall's porpoise, Ussuri Brown Bear, Stray dogs in Moscow, Northern Red-backed Vole, Chamois, Wood mouse, Hazel Dormouse, Common Shrew, Common Vole, Asian Badger, Tibetan Wolf, European Hedgehog, Harvest Mouse, Lesser Noctule, Nathusius's Pipistrelle, Eurasian Pygmy Shrew, Barbastelle, Norway lemming, Particoloured bat, Bechstein's Bat, European Mole, Bank Vole, Ladoga Seal, Peterbald, Ciscaucasian Hamster, Whiskered bat, Eurasian Water Shrew, Siberian Roe Deer, Brandt's Bat, Tundra Wolf, Field Vole, Steppe Wolf, Great Jerboa, Large-eared Vole, Black-capped marmot, Tuva Silver Vole, Gobi Altai Mountain Vole, Robert's Snow Vole, Black Sea Field Mouse, Lemming Vole, Severtzov's Birch Mouse, Arctic Lemming, Wrangel Island Lemming, Caucasian Birch Mouse, Kluchor Birch Mouse, Strand's Birch Mouse, Altai argali, Paramushir Shrew, Caucasian Mole, Portenko's Shrew, Kamchatka Shrew. Excerpt: The tiger (Panthera tigris), a member of the Felidae family, is the largest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera. The tiger is native to much of eastern and southern Asia, and is an apex predator and an obligate carnivore. The larger tiger subspecies are comparable in size to the biggest extinct felids, reaching up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) in total length, weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds), and having canines up to 4 inches (100 mm) long. Aside from their great bulk and power, their most recognisable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes that overlays near-white to reddish-orange fur, with lighter underparts. The most numerous tiger subspecies is the Bengal tiger, while the largest is the Siberian tiger. Tigers have a lifespan of 10-15 years in the...
