Cat-like Creatures
Social creature known for its fierce snake-fighting abilities.
What is a mongoose?
A special sensory organ which helps cats learn about their surroundings.
What are whiskers?
I am a smaller wild cat that is abundant in the US and even found in South Carolina.
What is a bobcat?
Thick patch of hair around the face and neck of a lion.
What is a mane?
I am the biggest cat in the world and can be dangerous to humans.
What is a tiger?
We live in large colonies in underground tunnels and have dark patches around our eyes.
What are meerkats?
What physical feature do cats have which allows them to almost always land on their feet when they jump?
What are flexible spines?
I am known for having a loud shriek and have several names including cougar, mountain lion and ________.
What is a puma?
We are aggressive scavengers who are the arch enemy of the lions.
What are hyenas?
I am the fastest mammal on earth and am known for my dark spots on my coat.
What is a cheetah?
This feliform eats termites, sprays chemicals to ward off predators and lives in burrows in the ground.
What is an Aardwolf?
Claws that can come in and out of the paws are called ________________.
What are retractable claws?
Both the lynx and the bobcat have this extra feature on their ears.
What is a tuft of black fur?
Who does most of the hunting in a lion pride?
The females (lionesses).
Black kittens born to leopards and jaguars are often called __________.
What are black panthers?
A group of hyenas is called a ____________.
What is a clan?
In the daytime, a domesticated cat's pupils will look like this ____________.
What are vertical slits? (long, narrow)
What is unusual about the legs of a Canada lynx?
The back legs are longer than the front legs (or front legs are shorter than back).
Most lions live on this continent.
What is Africa?
The name given to animals at the top of the food chain.
What is an apex predator?
Solitary, nocturnal "long-nosed" cats with long tails who live mostly in trees and have glands that produce a foul smell.
What are Viverridae? (genet, civet)
The general name give to all cat-like creatures.
What are feliforms?
The population of the Canada lynx is directly tied to the populations of this small mammal.
What is the snowshoe hare?
A group of male lions who leave the pride and form their own hunting group are called a ____________.
What is a coalition?
I look similar to a fellow feline, but my coat has rosettes with dark spots inside of them.
What is a jaguar?