Big Cat Animal Facts

The leopard is the smallest of the four Big Cats but is probably the most powerful pound-for-pound.

Big cat animal facts. 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. Males also range much further than females. It is one of six surviving tiger subspecies.

The jaguar has the strongest bite of any big cat relative to its size. Females patrol pockets of the Mara between 15 and 18sq km. Lions are unique in that they are the only cats to live in groups prides.

The largest big cat is the Siberian tiger which can weigh an astonishing 660 pounds and stretch more than 10 feet nose to tail. 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. Their territories can extend to 450sq km though in the prey-rich Mara rarely exceed 76sq km.

The puma is the big cat of the Americas. 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. 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.

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. It is about half the size of the domestic cat. An educational and fun talk where you can ask questions and learn all about different animals here at Big Cat Habitat.

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. However only the first 4 of these species are able to roar. 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.