Diet
Species ID
Behavior
Habitats
Fun Facts
100
All big cats are meat eaters, making them known as _______.
What are carnivores?
100
This cat is sometimes referred to as the “king of the jungle” even though it does not live in the jungle and is the only cat to live in a family group.
What are lions?
100
A lion's family type group for both living and hunting.
What is a pride?
100
A large cat that is tawny or golden colored to help camouflage it in the grassy plains and savannas of Africa where it lives.
What is a lion?
100
Used by cats as an alternative sensing device in situations where they are not able to see as well.
What are whiskers?
200
This large striped cat can eat 35-90 lbs of meat at one sitting, which is important since it will only successfully kill 1 in 10-20 attempts, causing it to go days without food at a time.
What is a tiger?
200
This cat can run at speeds up to 40 mph, can leap more than 20 feet horizontally, and is an adept swimmer, although it will only swim as a last resort. It is also hunted illegally for its beautiful spotted coat.
What are leopards?
200
The tiger's use for stripes when hiding from predators or when hunting.
What is camouflage?
200
A cat that lives in the dense vegetation of Asia and is also one of the few cats that enjoys the water. It can often be found cooling off in the water of a pond or stream on hot days.
What is a tiger?
200
There are more of this striped cat in captivity than in the wild.
What is the tiger?
300
The only big cat known to hunt in groups.
What are lions?
300
This cat is the largest of all the cat species, averaging between 8-10 feet long and weighing between a whopping 250-650 pounds.
What is the amur tiger?
300
Over 3 feet long and used by snow leopards as a coat in the winter by being wrapped around their bodies for extra warmth.
What is a tail?
300
A tawny colored cat that is found mainly in the mountains of Canada and the Americas and has the greatest distribution of any Western hemisphere mammal besides humans.
What is a cougar?
300
A marking inside of a jaguar's rosettes but not those of a leopard.
What are spots?
400
The technique that cats use to sneak up on their prey.
What is stalking?
400
This spotted cold weather “big” cat cannot roar, but it makes a happy chuffing sound.
What is the snow leopard?
400
What cats are marking by urinating on or scratching a new area to warn other animals that they do not belong there.
What is territory?
400
A cat that lives at high elevations in Eastern Asia and has lot of spotted, smoky-gray colored fur to help it survive the cold, gray environment in which it lives.
What is a snow leopard?
400
Leopards or jaguars that are melanistic (black in color) and are thought to be mythical.
What are black panthers?
500
Teeth used to kill and eat prey, largest in the cougar.
What are canines?
500
This western hemisphere “small” cat is agile and can jump 18 feet straight up. It relies on its sense of sight and hearing to survive rather than its sense of smell.
What is a cougar?
500
Used by large cats in addition to visual signals and vocalizations to communicate with each other.
What are olfactory senses?
500
The cat’s territory can be as large as 400 square miles, larger than any other big cat. This is due to the fact that their prey is scarce and they have to spread out to find food.
What is the amur tiger?
500
Paw prints of a tiger.
What are pug marks?