Big Cat Animal Facts

Lions are unique in that they are the only cats to live in groups prides.

Big cat animal facts. Females patrol pockets of the Mara between 15 and 18sq km. 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. 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.

Whether your kitty meows or roars it is a descendant of the Felis silvestris species which is divided into the African wildcat European wildcat and Steppe wildcat. Living at elevations as high as 5500 m 18000 ft the snow leopard is specially adapted to frigid high-altitude. Onca Near Threatened.

There may even be surprise animal guests that join you on the learning adventure. The Leopard is a species of big cat found in sub-Saharan Africa Asia and parts of Russia. Home animals Facts about cats.

The lion is the second largest cat after the tiger. It is about half the size of the domestic cat. 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.

An educational and fun talk where you can ask questions and learn all about different animals here at Big Cat Habitat. Its short sleek coat varies greatly from pale straw and gray buff to bright deep ochre and chestnut and sometimes black found mostly in wetter dense forests. 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.

The big cat species most threatened with extinction is the tiger which is listed as Endangered. It is one of six surviving tiger subspecies. Explorers-at-Large Dereck and Beverly Joubert and the National Geographic Society founded the Big Cats Initiative in 2009 as an effort to halt the decline of big cats in the wild.