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It appears to be a pretty-well established fact that roughly a hundred years ago and beyond that the Amur tiger was larger than those of today. I would suppose that hunters and poachers ( both the same from a tiger's perspective ) would be the main cause. Both from depleting the prey animals and perhaps also from shooting the biggest tigers.
I would be interested in knowing also, has the size of the Ussuri brown bear experienced any change?