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July 23, 1923

A Siberian tiger is born at the National Zoological Park. The Siberian or Amur tiger (tigris altaica) is the largest tiger subspecies and once ranged throughout Western Asia, Central Asia nad eastern Russia.

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Posted: 23 July 2010
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.