Daily Mail

Siberians, biggest of the big cats

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Siberian, or Amur, tigers are the largest cat in the world They get their name from Russia’s Amur River

Only 540 are left in the world after being driven to the brink of extinction by poachers

Natural habitat is in Far East Russia, northern China and parts of North Korea

Prey on deer, moose and small bears

Have killed humans – including a zookeeper at a German zoo in 2013

They can eat up to 60lb of meat in one go

They live alone and aggressive­ly protect their territorie­s

Females have litters of two to six cubs, which they raise alone

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