The Siberian tiger is variously known as the Amur, the Ussuri, the North China and the Woolly-haired tiger.
Commonly confused with white tigers — whose pale coloring derives from a recessive gene, and which are selectively bred for exhibition in zoos to wow visitors — the Siberian looks like the Bengal tiger.
In perfect harmony with their taiga forest habitat, Siberian tigers have an orange coloring with black stripes on the body and white marks on the back of their ears that look like eyes — evolution's way of deterring anything from sneaking up on them.