Felidae

The mountain lion is one of the most powerful cats and also the largest. It is also known as a cougar a puma and a panther. Mountain lion have a life span of about 12 years and up to 25 years in captivity. The mountains lion can grow as tall as 3 feet high and weigh up to 180 pounds. The male mountain lions are most likely bigger than the female lion. Mountain lions are animals that love to hunt they would eat almost any animals that they are able to catch. Mountain lions love the Chase to be…

The Saber-tooth Tiger/ Cat The Sabertooth tiger is all around the world. Many may say they don't know what a saber-tooth is but we seen it throughout our childhood. When we were small we use to watch the movie Ice Age which includes the three friends a mammoth, a sloth and last a saber-tooth tiger. Many have also seen 10,000 b.c which includes a sabertooth tiger, no one should say they haven't seen one because everyone has watched a movie where one was in. A sabertooth isn't a cuddling…

Tigger’s the name and I am an orange tabby cat. My body just happens to have creamy white paws and the prettiest sky blue eyes you have ever seen. I have lived here for a long time in this house. Everything is perfect here and I get a lot of attention from my human slaves. I call the woman slave Mrs. Stringy Hair. She is very tall with hair that is stringy. When she sits down I play with her stringy hair, that is why I call her Mrs. Stringy Hair. There is also the man slave called Mr. Fuzzy Face…

Are you conscious and feeding your cat the best authentic food? Actually, as cat owners, we need to give our cat supreme nourishment. However, do you know what the main difference between the wet and dry cat food is? If you want to take care of your cat then you should know the main element of cat food. What are the benefits of giving a wet and dry meal? In the market, you can find many types of dry and wet cat food stuff. All of the foodstuffs come here with different shapes and flavors and…

Cats and Stress It is a known fact that stress is a component of or the start of most common cat behavior problems and even some common diseases. Unlike other species cats tend not to show their emotions openly and instead they become quiet and withdraw in their anxiety. For owners to be able to help their cats they must be aware of the signs of stress in their cats. There are several physiological systems in a cat’s body which regulate stress. The two that deal with usual short-term stress in a…

From the age of two, I have always been interested in working with tigers. My first stuffed animal was a white tiger named Bone Tiger. Once I had Bone Tiger, I took him everywhere with me. As I got older, I would ask my parents for more stuffed animal tigers. Although I collected many stuffed animal tigers throughout my life, I have always kept Bone Tiger. My interest in tigers continued to grow as I got older. I grew up in Medway, MA., which is about 30 minutes from Southwick’s Zoo. Southwick’s…

The Abyssinian Cat is thought to be one of the oldest breeds of domestic Cat in the world, as the first domestication of the Abyssinian Cat occurred in Ancient Egyptian times. It is thought that Abyssinian Cats were bought and sold on the banks of the River Nile by traders, where the African Wild Cats (the ancestors of all domestic Cats) lived in their native habitats. Abyssinian Cats are most easily identified by their "ticked" fur which gives their coat a mottled appearance. The Abyssinian Cat…

The ocelot is a sleek animal with one of the most gorgeous spotted coat of any animal in the world, also is twice the size of the average house cat. Its fur is golden over most of its body, with white or cream on the belly; marked over the background color are all sorts of patterns. Mostly, the ocelot has black or dark brown spots arranged in a doughnut shape with dark tan in the middle. Sometimes these spots connect together and form chains or stripes running along the cat’s sides and back. The…

Research Paper Outline Research: Topic: Cheetah Introduction: Paragraph 1: The cheetah is one of the most unique type of animal in the world. They have black spots over their body. If one looks at their face closely they will see that there tear marks that make spots on their face. Cheetahs have an uncommon body length of 3.5 to 4.5. The way their spots are laid out on their bodies dignifies what group they are in. Cheetah claws are different from others of their kind. Cheetahs cannot…

Even though dogs and cats are both popular pets, they have vastly different characteristics that require owners to deal with them in different ways. For example, cats and dogs have tails. Even though they have tails, they use them in different ways. Cats use their tails for balance. They also use their tails to communicate with other living things. Dogs use their tails to show emotion. If dogs are scared they will tuck their tails under their legs. When dogs are happy they will wag their tails…