ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

[Wolverine]

Here is the title page (on the top) and 1st page of Jankovski's book "Tiger, deer and jenshen" as wanted Peter :
https://www.litmir.me/bd/?b=181911

1st page
https://www.litmir.me/br/?b=181911

In pages 49 and 50 describing the giant Sungari tiger there is nothing about bear-tiger conflict. Its only shortly written that a tiger had pulled out from the houl in the tree an Asiatic black bear and ate it almost compleetely: "А Арсений недавно следил крупного «кота» целый день и к вечеру нашел — знаешь что? В дупле липы берлогу медведя-муравьятника. И остатки самого мишки: тигр его вытащил из дупла и сожрал почти целиком."

There is one other interesting passage concerning fate of the giant tiger skin:

"Очищенные кости, почти по цене пантов, взяли китайские аптекари; шкура украсила роскошную гостиную семейства Бринер в Харбине. А огромный череп с желтоватыми клыками — с большой палец каждый — Шин подарил другу юности — моему отцу. В его богатой коллекции рогов, клыков и черепов этот занял самое почетное место."

"Chinese pharmasists got cleared bones, Bryner family placed the wonderful skin in their official hall in Harbin. And the giant skull with welowish teeth - with the size of big finger each - Shin gave to my father - his friend from the youth. In his rich collections of horns, teeth and skulls it occupy the most prestigious place".

Bryner family was a rich business family in Tcarist Russia having German-Swiss origins, so they got the skin of Sungari giant, but in China later on power came communists and is not clear what happened with that skin.

@peter this is what says the young ranger in the video who discovered the body of Uporni:

"We are on the place of accident... we discovered the corps of wild boar.... adult boar...and a tiger with most probable name "Uporni"... radio collered neck.... with eaten back part of the body..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrNsht7WXLk Reply