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Saputra, D.
Perbandingan Profil Kelahiran antara _Panthera tigris sumatrae_ (Pocock 1929) dengan _Panthera tigris altaica_ (Temminck 1848) di Habitat _Ex-Situ_
2011  Full Book

Sumatran tiger _Panthera tigris sumatrae_ is the remaining subspecies of tiger in Indonesia and classified in Appendix I at CITES. Another subspecies of the tiger is _Panthera tigris altaica_, known as Siberian tiger. Those 2 subspecies were origin from _Panthera tigris_ which has divergenced and separated into several subspecies. The research aims to compare the birth profile between Sumatran tiger and Siberian tiger in ex-situ habitat. This reasearch used secondary data compiled from _International Tiger Studbook_ in the period of 1984 to 2003. The results show that the litter size of Sumatran tiger significantly different from Siberian tiger (nSumateran tiger=180, average=2.21; nSiberia tiger=220, average 2.36). This indicates some difference in reproductive capability between those tigers which may be affected by climate and food composition and availability. Data on natality does not show existing seasonal reproduction pattern in Sumatran tiger as those in Siberian tiger. Both Sumatran tiger and Siberian tiger have same potential of reproduction, i.e. maximum of 12 birth through the entire dam's life.

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