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Here is some artwork i found in various books i have.
"Last chance on earth" - Roger Caras, illustrated by Charles Fracé :
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The winter coat on the right seems identical to that of the siberian tiger. The tigers on the left on the other hand seem to have a coat that is very similar to that of the indian tiger. Initially i thought there had been a mistake on the part of either the publisher or artist but upon closer inspection the prey animal could be a european bison rather than a gaur or buffalo based on the patch of hair on its back. This would be consistent with a scene from the caucasus.
"Fierce and fragile" - Robert Dallet
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This seems to me like a depiction of a large male tiger clearly showing narrow stripes of a brownish color and the typical tail pattern.
Postcard fron the red book of animals of the USSR - Vadim Gorbatov: