ANIMALS - BIG CATS

Leopard, Mombo Camp, Botswana

The leopard, Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family. Compared to other members of the Felidae family, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but is smaller and more slightly built. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguars do. Leopards are elusive, solitary and largely nocturnal. They are known for their ability in climbing, and have been observed resting on tree branches during the day, dragging their kills up trees and hanging them there, and descending from trees headfirst. They are powerful swimmers, although not as strong as some other big cats, such as the tiger. They are very agile, and can run at over 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph), leap over 6 metres (20 ft) horizontally, and jump up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) vertically.

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The term big cat – which is not a biological classification – is used informally to distinguish the larger felid species from smaller ones. One definition of "big cat" includes the four members of the genus Panthera: the tiger, lion, jaguar and leopard. Members of this genus are the only cats able to roar. A more expansive definition of "big cat" also includes the cougar, cheetah, snow leopard and clouded leopard.

Lion cubs play to imitate the adults behavior. They play with anything that arouses them including sticks and their mothers tail. Mostly they play with each other but sometimes they try playing with an adult. Playing cubs is an indicator that they are well and not starving as they can go on for hours each day while as sick or starving cubs are not prone to play. It is the females that care for the young although the males provide an important task as they protect the young from predators.

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Bengal Tiger

The Bengal tiger is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent. The Bengal tiger's coat is yellow to light orange, with stripes ranging from dark brown to black; the belly and the interior parts of the limbs is white, and the tail is orange with black rings. In the Indian subcontinent, tigers inhabit tropical moist evergreen forests, tropical dry forests, tropical and subtropical moist deciduous forests, mangroves, subtropical and temperate upland forests, and alluvial grasslands.

 

 

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Tiger from India.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lynx

A lynx is any of the four species within the Lynx genus of medium-sized wildcats. Lynx have short tails and the characteristic tufts of black hair on the tips of their ears. They have a ruff under the neck, which has black bars, is not very visible, and resembles a bow tie. They have large, padded paws for walking on snow, and long whiskers on the face. Their body colour varies from medium brown, to goldish, to beige-white, and is occasionally marked with dark brown spots. Lynx inhabit high altitude forests with dense cover of shrubs, reeds, and tall grass. Although the cats hunt on the ground, they can climb trees and can swim swiftly, catching fish.

 

 

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