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ArticleRoyal Society open science2023

Majestic tigers: personality structure in the great Amur cat.

Rosalind Arden, Abdel Abdellaoui, Qian Li, Yao Zheng, Dengfeng Wang, Yanjie Su

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Rosalind ArdenCentre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9753-9162
Abdel AbdellaouiDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Qian LiSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behaviour and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yao ZhengDepartment of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Dengfeng WangSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behaviour and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yanjie SuSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behaviour and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Peking University · CNAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLLondon School of Economics and Political Science · GBUniversity of Alberta · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We explore individual differences in tiger personality. We first asked-is there evidence of personality dimensions (analogous to the Big Five in human personality research) in the Amur tiger? We then asked, are any discoverable personality dimensions associated with measured outcomes, including group status, health and mating frequency? 152 of our participating tigers live in the world's largest semi-wild tiger sanctuary in North Eastern China. Our second sample of 96 tigers also lives in a sanctuary. Having two samples allowed us to assess the replicability of the personality dimensions or factors reported in our first sample. We found that two factors (explaining 21% and 17% of the variance among items) which we call, for descriptive ease, Majesty and Steadiness, provide the best fit to the data. Tigers that score higher on Majesty are healthier, eat more live prey, have higher group status (among other tigers as assessed by human raters) and mate more often. We provide some ethological context to put flesh on the quantitative bones of our findings concerning these magnificent and charismatic animals.

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animal behaviouranimal personalitycatsconservationgreat catstiger

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PMID37035292
PMCPMC10073900
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