Tigers live in the mangrove swamps, marshes and tall grasslands of southeast Asia, India and Siberia. They are the largest living feline, weighing up to 675 pounds and growing up to 10 feet in length from head to tail. The Amur region, where the tigers from the Pittsburgh Zoo come from, is at the same longitude as Pennsylvania and includes many of the same plants.
Siberian tigers are an endangered species, and the Pittsburgh Zoo has begun a new breeding program as part of the American Zoo & Aquarium Association's Siberian Tiger Species Survival Plan.