At ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, we're home to a family of Amur tigers: mum Naya, dad Botzman and cubs Czar, Dmitri and Makari.
Estimated numbers: Amur tigers are Endangered in the wild, and it's estimated that there's around 540 in the wild.
Found: Amur-Heilong, which covers parts of north-eastern China and the Russian Far East.
Notable features: Amur tigers are thought to be the palest tiger subspecies and can reach up to 250kg and three metres in length!
Key fact: By the 1940s, fewer than 40 Amur tigers were thought to remain in the wild. The Amur subspecies was saved from extinction when Russia became the first country in the world to grant its resident tigers full conservation protection.
Amur tigers are seriously endangered in the wild - there may be as few as 540 left in the Russian Far East.
ZSL is an international conservation charity and has been involved in Amur tiger conservation since 1995. ZSL's Amur tiger conservation project is focused on population monitoring, anti-poaching efforts, and increasing education and awareness. Learn more about our conservation work.
Makari, Czar and Dmitri were born on 23 June 2018 to mum Naya and dad Botzman. They're growing up fast, but our 'cubs' are still just as playful as ever! Look out for them when you next visit the Zoo.
Can you tell the cubs apart?
Czar - You can identify him by the two large, black circles on his forehead. He also has a thick stripe running down from the base of his tail.
Makari - He has more heart shaped lines above the eyes, one of which looks like a rough letter ‘M’ above his right eye. He also has a very thick black line under the eyes and generally more black between the eyes and on the cheeks.
Dmitri - Look out for the sideways number ‘5’ marking on his right temple - a feature that earned him the nickname ‘5’ when he was first born! He has a paler forehead than Makari, with less black between the eyes/eyebrows and on the cheeks.
Get up close and feed one of the world's most renowned big cats, the Amur tiger, with a special Meet the Tigers experience.
With an adoption pack, you can help to care for our tigers at ZSL London and Whipsnade Zoo, and support our conservation work to protect tigers in the wild.
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