The lion is a well-muscled cat with a long body, large head, and short legs. Size and appearance vary considerably between the sexes. Lions are unique among cats in that they live in a group, or pride. The members of a pride typically spend the day in several scattered groups that may unite to hunt or share a meal. A pride consists of several generations of lionesses, some of which are related, a smaller number of breeding males, and their cubs. The group may consist of as few as 4 or as many as 37 members, but about 15 is the average size.

Tsavo Man-Eaters were a pair of man-eating male lions in the Tsavo region of Kenya, which were responsible for the deaths of many construction workers on the Kenya-Uganda Railway between March and December 1898.

The lion pair was said to have killed 28 people.

Their favourites are wildebeest, zebras, antelopes, gazelles and waterbuck. They do, though, also have a fondness for warthogs and have been known to lie in wait outside their burrows for hours on end. That said, if a lion is hungry enough and cannot find its preferred food, it’ll resort to eating whatever it can find, including fish.

It is the biggest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world.
They look a lot like leopards, which live in Africa and Asia, but jaguars’ spots are more complex and often have a dot in the center.
Jaguars live alone, and they’re territorial. They define their area by marking with their waste or clawing trees.

The first official record of a jaguar killing a human in Brazil dates to June 2008. Two children were attacked by jaguars in Guyana. The jaguar is the least likely of all big cats to kill and eat humans, and the majority of attacks come when it has been cornered or wounded.

The jaguar's powerful bite allows it to pierce the carapaces of turtles and tortoises, and to employ an unusual killing method: it bites directly through the skull of mammalian prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain.

The leopard is a slender and muscular cat, with relatively short limbs and a broad head. It is sexually dimorphic with males larger and heavier than females.

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Leopards are incredibly athletic and known for their climbing ability. They often carry food into trees to avoid losing it to scavengers like lions and hyenas. They are also fast and can run up to 36 mph. In comparison, the cheetah, the fastest land mammal, runs 50 to 80 mph.

Leopards are very are secretive, solitary and spend most of their time alone.

Female leopards can reproduce at any time of the year. Also, each time they give birth to two or three cubs.

Leopard can be melanistic (Black Panther).

Melanistic leopards and jaguars are uncommon, with some studies estimating that at most 11 percent of these animals have this coloration

It is also referred to as ounce. The species is native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It hunts at night and preys on various animals, such as marmots, wild sheep, ibex (Capra), and domestic livestock.

The clouded leopard has large dusky-grey blotches and irregular spots and stripes reminiscent of clouds.

It uses its tail for balancing when moving in trees and is able to climb down vertical tree trunks head first. It rests in trees during the day and hunts by night on the forest floor.
The clouded leopard is a solitary cat.

The tiger is the largest living cat species. It is most recognizable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on ungulates, such as deer and wild boar. It is territorial and generally a solitary but social predator, requiring large contiguous areas of habitat to support its requirements for prey and rearing of its offspring.

It is territorial and generally a solitary but social predator, requiring large contiguous areas of habitat to support its requirements for prey and rearing of its offspring.

It is a strong swimmer and often bathes in ponds, lakes and rivers, thus keeping cool in the heat of the day.

Male tigers are generally less tolerant of other males within their territories than females are of other females

They take hunting to the next level.

The tigers generally hunt alone and overpower prey from any angle, using their body size and strength to knock the prey off balance. Successful hunts usually require the tiger to almost simultaneously leap onto its quarry, knock it over, and grab the throat or nape with its teeth

Champawat Tiger

was a Bengal Tigress responsible for an estimated 436 deaths in Nepal and the Kumaon division of India, during the last years of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century.

Her attacks have been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest number of fatalities from a tiger (as well as any animal).

The tiger began her attacks in a Rupal village in western Nepal, Himalayas. Hunters were sent in to kill the tiger, but she managed to evade them. It was eventually killed by Jim Corbett

Also a large cat, it is the fastest land animal, capable of running at 80 to 98 km/h (50 to 61 mph); it has evolved specialized adaptations for speed.

Its head is small and rounded, with a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks.

The king cheetah is a variety of cheetah with a rare mutation for cream-coloured fur marked with large, blotchy spots and three dark, wide stripes extending from the neck to the tail.

Don't let their looks fool you. They are relative excellent hunters as well.

Here is an antelope being brought down and killed by cheetah after being stalked through long grass in Kenya - After stealthily approaching their prey the leader of the pack launched its attack, bringing down one of the topis in less than three seconds in an acrobatic fashion.

Pumas are large, secretive cats. They are also commonly known as [b]cougars [/b]and mountain lions, and are able to reach larger sizes than some other "big" cat individuals. Despite their large size, they are more closely related to smaller feline species than to lions or leopards.

Adult males may be more than 8 feet long (from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail), and can weigh between 130 and 150 pounds. Adult females can be 7 feet long and weigh between 65 and 90 pounds.

They are able to hunt at night just as effectively as they can during the day.

The caracal is a slender, moderately sized cat characterised by a robust build, a short face, long canine teeth, tufted ears, and long legs

Caracals are efficient climbers.

Lynx have a short tail, characteristic tufts of black hair on the tips of their ears, large, padded paws for walking on snow and long whiskers on the face.

This cat hunts on the ground, it can climb trees and can swim swiftly, catching fish.

The four species of lynx head collage.

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Technically, the Liger is the largest.