Panthera

The White Tiger is a subspecies of a Tiger, found throughout the Indian subcontinent. Although the population of the White Tiger is humongous, these animals are super rare as their fur color is dependent on a defective and recessive gene that is passed down by their parents. Over the past couple of centuries, the White Tiger has become even more rarer in the wild due to hunting or capturing an exotic pet trade, with there having been no recorded sightings of these majestic beasts for the past 50…

Along the Central Asia there is a beautiful specie of leopard that is disappearing in the past few years. That animal is the snow leopards, they mainly feed on wild sheep, ibex, marmots and hares. They have long-paled gray fur that covers its body, and its patterned with black rosettes. They weighs about 145 lb, and they normally inhabit on cold snowy mountains or rocky outcrops. A long time ago there’s about 7,500 of these tiger-like mammals roaming in the world, but now there’s only about…

The Snow Leopard Central Asia’s high mountains contain and is home to one of the most majestic carnivores known to man. The beautiful snow leopard can easily be recognized by its long tail, large black spots and almost white coat. Declining due to loss of habitat and climate change, there are as few of 4000 snow leopards in the wild. The earth has six major biomes. Tropical, grassland, desert, temperate, taiga and tundra. The snow leopard lives within the tundra biome. The snow leopard…

Introduction Sloth bears are mostly found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent. Their inhabitation ranging from the foothills of the Himalayas to the southern end of the Western Ghats mountain range in India as well as in the island of Sri Lanka (Prater, 1965). The number of Sloth bear distributed in the Indian peninsula was estimated to be approximately 7,600 (Jaffeson, 1975). Two subspecies of sloth bear, namely Melursus ursinus ursinus and Melursus ursinus…

Lion vs.Cheetah Whoa!Look at that fast cheetah, wait look at that lion chasing after it . There are differences and alike traits about lions and cheetahs. Even though lions and cheetahs look alike they are very different. Both lions and cheetahs have similar bodies for a perfect life in the grasslands.The lion can roar loudly as for the cheetah gives off a little cry.You can hear the lions roar from 5 miles away for the cheetah you can barley hear it.A lion it acts as a big…

ARE OCELOTS AT A RISK OF EXTINCTION? The ocelot, a nocturnal wildcat is one of many species to be on the endangered species list. Endangered species are living organisms that are at risk of extinction since their population is low. Depending on the region the ocelots fur ranges from a golden yellow to a dark brown with irregular patches and stripes. These wild cats are much larger than domestic cats, but are considerably smaller than other wild cats such as jaguars and tigers. Their tail can…

How many African wild dogs exist in the world? As reported in Animal Planet, there are about 3,000 to 5,500 African wild dog’s left in the wild. Their scientific name is “Lycaon pictus”. Size wise, the African wild dog is roughly the same size as a 6ft tall man. To identify the African wild dog look for fur that is mottled with brown, yellow, black, and white patches. They have large ears that look like Mickey mouse ears. Their eyes have large dark circles around them and the average African…

Tonee Lafayette January 17th, 2018 Letter of introduction Although you know my name, I'll say it anyways. My name is Tonee Lafayette and I am a senior at senior. I live with my mother and daughter; whose name is Minnie. I also have two beta fish whose names are pinto bean and coleslaw, those are my favorite side dish to have with fried chicken so I thought I'd name my fish after that. I also live a short distance from senior, three-minute drive and fifteen-minute walk. As I mentioned before…

My name is Snefru and though many of my faithful followers may know by my other names such as Sneferu or Snofru my birthright name is Snefru and currently I am ruler and pharaoh of the great empire of Egypt. As I am currently preparing to pass into the afterlife to the realm of the great god Osiris, I was advised to keep a record of my most memorable accomplishments this is so my people may always have a record of their great king and god Snefru. My predecessor was Huni, my father and also…

Snow leopard Have you ever wanted to learn about a snow leopard? The Snow Leopard is a fascinating animal This essay will provide you with Its appearance, habitat and diet, and give you some interesting facts about it. The first thing that I will be telling you about the snow leopard is what they look like. Snow leopards have natural snow shoes because they are really fuzzy. And also snow leopards have thick hair so the can stay warm in extreme cold. Snow leopard have white fur with black…