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One of Europe's largest predators A male lion The disappearing jaguar A clouded leopard
Observe a predatory lion pride in a typical day of grooming, playing, hunting, eating prey, and sleeping
Watch cheetahs playing and grooming one another before hunting gazelles
Observe mountain lion cubs playing and being cared for by their mother
tabby cat snow leopard (Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia) Brain structure of the cat
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Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.
Ultimate Animals Quiz
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
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Persian cat is sleeping
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Also Known As Felidae • cat

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One of Europe's largest predators
A male lion
The disappearing jaguar
A clouded leopard
tabby cat
snow leopard (Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia)
Brain structure of the cat
cat claw
Cold receptors such as those found in the skin of cats may be innervated by fast-conducting myelinated A-fibres or slow-conducting unmyelinated C-fibres.
geographic range of the leopard
Observe a predatory lion pride in a typical day of grooming, playing, hunting, eating prey, and sleeping
Watch cheetahs playing and grooming one another before hunting gazelles
Observe mountain lion cubs playing and being cared for by their mother
Why are children slightly different from their parents?
Learn why only domestic cats purr and not other felines
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Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.
Ultimate Animals Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
Cougar in woods. Cats, felines, puma.
The Big Cats
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
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Giraffe standing in grass, Kenya.
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