Abstract:A study of time budget and activity rhythm of 30 young Amur tigers (< 3 years old) was carried out at Heilongjiang Amur tiger Park located in Harbin from April 1999 to April 2000. The observed tigers were sortedinto 3 groups of 10 tigers for each group according to their ages. Group A was formed by cubs from 100 days old to 1 year old; group B was from 1 to 2 years old, group C from 2 to 3 years old respectively. A preliminary observation of 12 days was carried out before the major study period to recognize...