Big Cats change
Tigers
Tigers are carnivorous mammals
A male tiger can grow up to 6 feet in length
Siberian tigers like to live on their own
Some male tigers have blue or green eyes
Bengal tigers live in watery jungles
stripes are good for camouflage
Panthers
Also known as black jaguars
black panthers have soft pads and fur between their toes to help them move silently
panthers can be all white or all black in colour
black panthers are not the biggest cats in the animal kingdom
Some panthers live on their own
black panthers size varies depending on where it lives and what it eats
Jaguars
lives in south and central america
they cannot climb but they can swim very well
they can grow up to 7 feet in length
most powerful and largest feline in the west
second largest cat in the world
jaguars eat almost anything they can get
Lions
in the wild lions don't usually live longer than 10 years
in captivity lions can live up to 21 years
30,000 in Africa
Lions are often called the king of beasts
female lions are called lionesses
lions live in prides
Puma
pumas are from the west coast of canada
pumas cant roar
Are also known as cougars
most pumas live for up to 21 years
pumas are classified as small cats
are the second heaviest cat in the new world
Snow Leopard
in summer snow leopards usually live above the snowline in mountains.
they weigh up to 75 kg
Prefer broken terrain
in winter they come down to ground level
snow leopards are about 1.3 meters long
snow leopards like to live in cold countries