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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.
摘要：
我们探索老虎人格的个体差异。我们首先问-阿穆尔虎是否有人格维度的证据（类似于人类人格研究中的大五）？然后我们问，是否有任何可发现的人格维度与测量结果相关，包括组状态，健康和交配频率？我们参与的老虎中有152只生活在中国东北地区世界上最大的半野生老虎保护区。我们的96只老虎的第二个样本也生活在避难所。有两个样本使我们能够评估第一个样本中报告的人格维度或因素的可复制性。我们发现两个因素(解释了项目之间21%和17%的差异)，我们称之为，为了便于描述，陛下和坚定,提供最适合的数据。在陛下得分较高的老虎更健康，吃更多的活猎物，具有较高的群体地位（在人类评估者评估的其他老虎中），并且更频繁地交配。我们提供了一些行为学背景，以将肉放在有关这些宏伟而有魅力的动物的发现的定量骨骼上。
