Which animal is the largest member of the cat family?

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The lion has a long body, short legs, sharp claws, and a large head. Adult males are about 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 meters) long, including the tail. They stand about 3 feet (1 meter) tall at the shoulder and can weigh 370 to 500 pounds (170 to 230 kilograms). Females are shorter and more slender. Lions are covered with yellow-brown hair. A male lion is easy to spot because of its mane. This coarse hair grows on its head, neck, and shoulders. Lionesses (females) do not have manes. Lions live in groups called prides. A pride is made up of related lionesses, their cubs, and one or two adult males. Prides average 15 members. Lionesses usually do most of the pride’s hunting, mainly at night. They hunt animals such as zebra, wildebeest, and antelope. They often hunt by hiding beside a water hole and then pouncing. Sometimes prides hunt together as a team and share the kill. Three months after mating, lionesses bear one to six cubs. The newborns have spots or stripes that disappear within nine months. The mother guards her cubs closely. She teaches them to hunt when they are about 18 months old. Lions in the wild rarely live more than 8 to 10 years. Lions in zoos have a life span of about 25 years. Mating between lions and tigers is not likely to happen in the wild. However, lions have mated with tigers in some zoos. The offspring of a male lion and a female tiger is called a liger. The offspring of a female lion and a male tiger is called a tigon. Ligers and tigons have features ...

Eurasian Lynx are the largest species of lynx. (Image credit: Javier Fernández Sánchez via Getty Images) Lynx are wild cats with black tufts of fur on their ears and short stumpy tails. They are found in North America, Europe and Asia. Bobcats ( Lynx rufus), the smallest of the four Lynx lynx) is the largest lynx species and can be 4.3 feet (1.3 m) long and weigh up to 79 pounds (36 kg), according to the University of Michigan's Related: These two angry, yelling lynx are probably fighting about sex 7. Snow leopards Snow leopards are well suited to life in the snow. (Image credit: Jeff Wendorff via Getty Images) Snow leopards ( Panthera uncia) are elusive cats that live in the mountains of central Asia, including Afghanistan and China, according to the Panthera genus as leopards and other big cats, such as lions ( Panthera leo), because they are closely related. Snow leopards grow up to 4.3 feet (1.3 m) long from head to rump but their tails can add another 3.3 feet (1m) to their total body length. They can weigh up to 120 pounds (54 kg). Snow leopards prefer to hunt wild sheep, such as Bharal, and other cliff-dwelling species. However, human activity has reduced their habitat and prey, so the big cats will sometimes take domestic livestock, such as Related: Rare treat: 3 snow leopards frolic and snuggle on camera 6. Cheetahs Cheetahs can outrun any animal on land. (Image credit: Kerstin Meyer/Getty) Acinonyx jubatus) are the fastest land animals on Cheetahs are mainly foun...

Most classifications separate the tiger species into six subspecies. These include the Siberian tiger, the Bengal tiger, the Sumatran tiger, the Indo-Chinese tiger, the South China tiger, and the Malayan tiger. Some classifications merge these subspecies, and others suggest that two distinct tiger species exist. The world’s tiger population has declined to about 3,200 tigers since the beginning of the 21st century. A century earlier, the same population was estimated at 100,000. The Indian, or Bengal, tiger makes up about half the total tiger population. tiger, ( Panthera tigris), largest member of the Panthera leo) in strength and ferocity. The tiger is P. tigris altaica) is the largest, measuring up to 4 metres (13 feet) in total length and weighing up to 300 kg (660 pounds). The Indian, or P. tigris tigris) is the most numerous and accounts for about half of the total tiger population. Males are larger than females and may The P. tigris corbetti), and P. tigris sumatrae) tigers are bright reddish tan, beautifully marked with dark, almost black, vertical stripes. The underparts, the inner sides of the limbs, the cheeks, and a large spot over each see also Black tigers have been reported less frequently from the dense forests of P. tigris on the mainland of P. sondaica of Natural history See a herd of Sika deers feeding on fresh kelps and the Siberian tiger on a deer in the forest of eastern Russia The tiger usually hunts by night and preys on a variety of animals, but it...

Most classifications separate the tiger species into six subspecies. These include the Siberian tiger, the Bengal tiger, the Sumatran tiger, the Indo-Chinese tiger, the South China tiger, and the Malayan tiger. Some classifications merge these subspecies, and others suggest that two distinct tiger species exist. The world’s tiger population has declined to about 3,200 tigers since the beginning of the 21st century. A century earlier, the same population was estimated at 100,000. The Indian, or Bengal, tiger makes up about half the total tiger population. tiger, ( Panthera tigris), largest member of the Panthera leo) in strength and ferocity. The tiger is P. tigris altaica) is the largest, measuring up to 4 metres (13 feet) in total length and weighing up to 300 kg (660 pounds). The Indian, or P. tigris tigris) is the most numerous and accounts for about half of the total tiger population. Males are larger than females and may The P. tigris corbetti), and P. tigris sumatrae) tigers are bright reddish tan, beautifully marked with dark, almost black, vertical stripes. The underparts, the inner sides of the limbs, the cheeks, and a large spot over each see also Black tigers have been reported less frequently from the dense forests of P. tigris on the mainland of P. sondaica of Natural history See a herd of Sika deers feeding on fresh kelps and the Siberian tiger on a deer in the forest of eastern Russia The tiger usually hunts by night and preys on a variety of animals, but it...

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Eurasian Lynx are the largest species of lynx. (Image credit: Javier Fernández Sánchez via Getty Images) Lynx are wild cats with black tufts of fur on their ears and short stumpy tails. They are found in North America, Europe and Asia. Bobcats ( Lynx rufus), the smallest of the four Lynx lynx) is the largest lynx species and can be 4.3 feet (1.3 m) long and weigh up to 79 pounds (36 kg), according to the University of Michigan's Related: These two angry, yelling lynx are probably fighting about sex 7. Snow leopards Snow leopards are well suited to life in the snow. (Image credit: Jeff Wendorff via Getty Images) Snow leopards ( Panthera uncia) are elusive cats that live in the mountains of central Asia, including Afghanistan and China, according to the Panthera genus as leopards and other big cats, such as lions ( Panthera leo), because they are closely related. Snow leopards grow up to 4.3 feet (1.3 m) long from head to rump but their tails can add another 3.3 feet (1m) to their total body length. They can weigh up to 120 pounds (54 kg). Snow leopards prefer to hunt wild sheep, such as Bharal, and other cliff-dwelling species. However, human activity has reduced their habitat and prey, so the big cats will sometimes take domestic livestock, such as Related: Rare treat: 3 snow leopards frolic and snuggle on camera 6. Cheetahs Cheetahs can outrun any animal on land. (Image credit: Kerstin Meyer/Getty) Acinonyx jubatus) are the fastest land animals on Cheetahs are mainly foun...

The lion has a long body, short legs, sharp claws, and a large head. Adult males are about 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 meters) long, including the tail. They stand about 3 feet (1 meter) tall at the shoulder and can weigh 370 to 500 pounds (170 to 230 kilograms). Females are shorter and more slender. Lions are covered with yellow-brown hair. A male lion is easy to spot because of its mane. This coarse hair grows on its head, neck, and shoulders. Lionesses (females) do not have manes. Lions live in groups called prides. A pride is made up of related lionesses, their cubs, and one or two adult males. Prides average 15 members. Lionesses usually do most of the pride’s hunting, mainly at night. They hunt animals such as zebra, wildebeest, and antelope. They often hunt by hiding beside a water hole and then pouncing. Sometimes prides hunt together as a team and share the kill. Three months after mating, lionesses bear one to six cubs. The newborns have spots or stripes that disappear within nine months. The mother guards her cubs closely. She teaches them to hunt when they are about 18 months old. Lions in the wild rarely live more than 8 to 10 years. Lions in zoos have a life span of about 25 years. Mating between lions and tigers is not likely to happen in the wild. However, lions have mated with tigers in some zoos. The offspring of a male lion and a female tiger is called a liger. The offspring of a female lion and a male tiger is called a tigon. Ligers and tigons have features ...

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The lion has a long body, short legs, sharp claws, and a large head. Adult males are about 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 meters) long, including the tail. They stand about 3 feet (1 meter) tall at the shoulder and can weigh 370 to 500 pounds (170 to 230 kilograms). Females are shorter and more slender. Lions are covered with yellow-brown hair. A male lion is easy to spot because of its mane. This coarse hair grows on its head, neck, and shoulders. Lionesses (females) do not have manes. Lions live in groups called prides. A pride is made up of related lionesses, their cubs, and one or two adult males. Prides average 15 members. Lionesses usually do most of the pride’s hunting, mainly at night. They hunt animals such as zebra, wildebeest, and antelope. They often hunt by hiding beside a water hole and then pouncing. Sometimes prides hunt together as a team and share the kill. Three months after mating, lionesses bear one to six cubs. The newborns have spots or stripes that disappear within nine months. The mother guards her cubs closely. She teaches them to hunt when they are about 18 months old. Lions in the wild rarely live more than 8 to 10 years. Lions in zoos have a life span of about 25 years. Mating between lions and tigers is not likely to happen in the wild. However, lions have mated with tigers in some zoos. The offspring of a male lion and a female tiger is called a liger. The offspring of a female lion and a male tiger is called a tigon. Ligers and tigons have features ...