In historical times Lions were found from the Balkans, through the Arabian Peninsula to Central India. They were well-known in Biblical times and in the Roman circuses, but became extinct in Israel at the time of the Crusades. They were ...
The Eurasian lynx is a comparatively large cat which is characterised by having long legs, a short bob tail, large ears adorned with conspicuous black tufts and long cheek hair which forms a facial ruff. The thick soft fur is more noticeably...
Geoffroy's cats are the size of a domestic cat and found in parts of the Andes mountains, pampas grasslands, chaco scrub and woodlands of South America. They prefer dense cover and are solitary and nocturnal by nature establishing a home range...
The snow leopard is a moderately large cat species native to the mountain ranges of Centra Asia. They live between 3,000 and 5,500 metres above sea level on rocky mountain slopes.
Snow leopards show several adaptations for living in a cold...
The tiger is the largest species of cat and is found only in Asia. At the beginning of the twentieth century there were estimated to over a hundred thousand tigers ranging from Turkey across to Siberia and down through S..E. Asia to the...
