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Cheetah
Common name for a
large cat, found mainly in Africa but with small populations in Iran and northwestern
Afghanistan, that has a similar body weight to the leopard, but has a longer
body, much longer legs, and a smaller head. The head and body, without the tail, are about
1.1 to 1.5 m long, and the claws are short and lack the sheath that covers retracted claws
in other cat species.The body of the cheetah is adapted for taking prey by running rather
than by leaping from ambush, as with the leopard, and the cheetah hunts by sight rather
than by smell.
Lion
- Member of the cat family whose size, power, and bearing have captured human imagination since
earliest times. Called the king of beasts, lions once ranged throughout Africa and from
Europe to Iran and India. Lions have relatively short-legged, long, muscular bodies and
large heads. The male grows to 5.6 to 8.2 ft long, not including the tail, which is 36 to
41in length. The animal stands 4 ft high at the shoulder, and it weighs 330 to 550 lb.
Wildcat
Caracal
- Also Persian lynx, cat native to the
savannas and dry, rocky hills of Africa and Asia . The caracal is 2 to 3 ft
in head and body length, with a tail length of 9 to 12 in. It is 15 to 20 in high at the
shoulder, and weighs 29 to 42 lb. It has a reddish-brown coat, white belly, and tufts of
black hair on the tips of its ears (the name caracal means "black ears"
in Turkish). Caracals prey on rodents, birds, and small antelope.
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