Big Cat Animal Facts

Its pale golden coat is covered in distinctive rosettes which unlike those of the Jaguar are not filled with spots.

Big cat animal facts. Females patrol pockets of the Mara between 15 and 18sq km. The Lion Panthera leo is a mammal of the family Felidae and is one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. 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.

The five big cat species have all been assessed and categorised by the IUCN Red List. Their territories can extend to 450sq km though in the prey-rich Mara rarely exceed 76sq km. The leopard is the smallest of the four Big Cats but is probably the most powerful pound-for-pound.

Learn about animals theirs habitats diets and fun facts with one of Big Cat Habitats animal keepers. Home animals Facts about cats. 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.

While once found throughout much of Africa Asia and Europe lions are presently encountered in the wild only in Africa and in the Gir Forest of India. 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. 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.

An educational and fun talk where you can ask questions and learn all about different animals here at Big Cat Habitat. There may even be surprise animal guests that join you on the learning adventure. 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.

This spotted cat has short powerful limbs heavy torso thick neck and long tail. Males also range much further than females. The big cat species most threatened with extinction is the tiger which is listed as Endangered.