Big Cat Animal Facts

The Lion Panthera leo is a mammal of the family Felidae and is one of four big cats in the genus Panthera.

Big cat animal facts. Called the Ghost of the Mountains the snow leopard is a solitary elusive big cat that lives in the harsh rugged mountains of central Asia. The term big cat is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus Panthera namely the tiger lion jaguar leopard and snow leopard as well as the non-pantherine cheetah and cougar and sometimes the clouded leopard. Their territories can extend to 450sq km though in the prey-rich Mara rarely exceed 76sq km.

Home animals Facts about cats. The five big cat species have all been assessed and categorised by the IUCN Red List. Are big cats endangered.

Its pale golden coat is covered in distinctive rosettes which unlike those of the Jaguar are not filled with spots. The Jouberts are globally known conservationists and filmmakers who have been working to help save big cats other key wildlife species and their habitats for over 30. Research by Adam Hartstone-Rose and colleagues at the University of South Carolina who compared the bite forces of nine different cat species reveals that a jaguars bite force is only three-quarters as strong as a tigers bite force.

Females patrol pockets of the Mara between 15 and 18sq km. Onca Near Threatened. It is one of six surviving tiger subspecies.

However only the first 4 of these species are able to roar. The puma is the big cat of the Americas. They have amazingly strong necks and shoulders and are able to carry prey often heavier than themselves high up into the branches of trees where other predators cant reach.

The Leopard is a species of big cat found in sub-Saharan Africa Asia and parts of Russia. At one time it ranged from the Yukon in Canada to the Strait of Magellan at the tip of South America. Lions are unique in that they are the only cats to live in groups prides.