Lion

  

Animal State | Lion | The biggest name, similar in many Romance languages, comes from Latin and ancient greek λέων Leo (Leon) is derived. Today only eight subspecies usually are accepted, even if one of these, the Cape lion, formerly known as Panthera leo melanochaita described, is probably not valid. While the state of the Asiatic lion (P. persica L.) is a subspecies universally accepted, the systematic relationships among the African lions are not yet fully understood. Mitochondrial variation in living African lion seems to be modest by some recent studies, therefore, all sub-Saharan lions were sometimes only as a subspecies. However, a recent study showed lions Western and Central Europe differ genetically from the lions of southern Africa and eastern Europe. According to this study, Western African lions are more closely related to lions in South Asian and East African lions. These results could be due to a late Pleistocene extinction of lions in West and Central Africa and the subsequent re-colonization of these parts from Asia are explained.

Lions of Tsavo East Kenya are much closer genetically to lions in Transvaal (South Africa), as in the Aberdare range in western Kenya. Another study found that there are three main types of lions, a North African Asian, a South African and Central Africa. The Asiatic lion was the most striking persica, and the Lion's Head was more allied with property P. persica L. compared to other sub-Saharan lions. He was 58 lions skull analyzed in three European museums, the lion is the highest (shoulder) of all cats, an average of about 14 cm (5.5 inches) larger than the tiger. Behind only the tiger, the lion is the second largest living felid in length and weight. The largest skull has large nasal openings that the tiger.

Lion coloration varies from fan light yellowish, reddish, yellow or dark brown. Lions are the only members of the cat family on hand, sexual dimorphism, males and females must be notified to appear noticeably different. The color of the male's mane varies from blond to black, usually darker is older than the lion. Weights for adult lions range from 150 to 250 kg (330-550 lb) for males and 120 to 182 kg (264-400 lb) for women. Nowell and Jackson report average weight of 181 kg (400 £) for males and 126 kg (280 lb) for women. Lions tend to vary in size depending on their environment and surrounding area, leading to a wide distribution of the weights recorded. 

The longest known lion, with about 3.6 m (12 ft) in total length, was a black-maned male shot near Mucsso, southern Angola in October 1973, was the heaviest known lion to the wild in a man-eater 1936 before the doors Hectorspruit shot in Eastern Transvaal, South Africa and weighed 313 kg (690 lb). Another particularly large male lion that was shot near Mount Kenya, weighed 272 kg (600 lb). Lions in captivity is usually larger than the lion in the desert lion's heaviest ever recorded in Male Colchester Zoo in England named Simba in 1970, who weighed 375 kg (826 lb). 

However, the head often cited maximum length of the body and can be adjusted from 250 cm (8 ft 2 in) and not to become extinct Pleistocene forms, such as the American lion, even with a large extent modern lion a few inches less in length The most striking characteristic of males and females have in common is that the tail ends in a hairy tuft. Lion hiding in some "encouraging" the shock of a hard "spine" or about 5 mm, consisting of the final sections of tail bone fused together. The lion is the only felid a tufted tail, the function of the tuft and spine are not known to have. 

Even if the lions can be active at all times, their activity generally peaks after dusk with a period of socialization, grooming, and defecation. In Africa, lions in the savanna grasslands with scattered acacia trees, which is to serve as the shadow of its former habitats in India, a mixture of savannah and dry forest scrub very dry deciduous forest. The habitat of lions originally crossed the southern part of Eurasia, from Greece to India, and most of Africa except the central area of rain forest and the Sahara. A population of Asiatic lion survived until the tenth century in the Caucasus, their last European outpost. About 300 lions live in a 1412 km2 (545 square miles) sanctuary in Gujarat, which covers most of the forest. 

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Leopard

  

Animal State | Leopard | Leopards are agile and stealthy predator. Males are about 30% larger than females with a weight of 30-91 kg (66-200 pounds), compared to 23 to 60 kg (51 to 130 pounds) for women. The subspecies of leopards tiny as a whole, the Arabian leopard (P. p. Nimr), from the deserts of the Middle East, with adult females of this race with a weight under 17 kg (37 lb). Other major means by which males can weigh up to 91 kg (200 lb), the Sri Lankan leopard (P. p. Kotiya) and the Anatolian leopard (P. p. Tulliana). These leopards are more likely in areas that tigers and lions are missing and so are the leopard atop the food chain, without restriction of prey big contest, the largest leopard checked 96.5 kg (213 lb) weighed. The leopard, the body is relatively long, and its legs are short. Leopards show a large diversity in coat color and rosette. Your roses are circular in East Africa but tend to be square in southern African and Asian populations increased. Their coat tends to be paler yellow and cream desert to the population, more gray in cold climates, and a darker shade of gold in the rain forest habitats.

Leopards are sometimes found with two other big cats, the cheetah, with which they are able to coexist in Africa, and the Jaguar, a Neotropical species that are not naturally coexist with confused. However, the pattern of spots are in every sense: the cheetah has some black spots simple, uniformly distributed, the Jaguar has spots inside the rosettes polygonal, while the leopard is usually round, smaller than the rosettes the jaguar. The cheetah is built has longer legs and thinner than the building look slimmer and taller, but less powerful than the leopard. The Jaguar is built like a leopard, but is generally larger and has a muscular, bulky appearance. In ancient times, a leopard was believed to be a hybrid between a lion and a panther, as evidenced by its name, a Greek connection λέων leon (lion) and πάρδος pardos (male panther) will. The Greek word is a Sanskrit word पृदाकु pṛdāku (snake, tiger, panther) and is probably used by a Mediterranean language, such as Egypt.

Black Panther refers to leopards with the gene that melanin is not uncommon in tropical forest habitats. The generic component of modern scientific name, Panthera Pardus, comes from Latin via Greek πάνθηρ (Panther). Leopards have the largest distribution of any wild cat, occurring largely in Eastern and Central Africa, although populations show a downward trend and are fragmented outside of Africa south of Sahara. In sub-Saharan Africa, the species is still numerous and even thriving in marginal habitats disappeared, where other large cats. Leopards live mainly in grasslands, forests and riparian forestsLeopards are elusive, solitary and mainly nocturnal. 

Activity levels vary with the type of habitat and prey they hunt. Radio-tracking and scat analysis in West Africa showed that rainforest leopards are more likely day and twilight. Forest leopards are also specialized in prey selection and exhibit seasonal differences in activity patterns. Leopards are known for their climbing ability was known and observed resting on tree branches during the day, take their prey on trees and hang it there, and down trees head first. Depending on the region, leopards may mate all year. Cubs are usually born in a litter of 2-4 young. 

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Cheetah

 

Animal State | Cheetah | The genus name, Acinonyx, means "no-move-claw" in Greek, while the species name, jubatus, means "sleeves" in Latin, a reference to the mane found in cheetah cubs. Cheetah has unusually low genetic variability. The small of a number of sperm motility is accompanied, and scourges deformed skin grafts between unrelated cheetahs illustrate the former point, there is no rejection of the donor skin. Recent research has placed the last common ancestor of all existing populations, such as living in Asia 11 million years, which may lead to a review and improvement of existing ideas about cheetah evolution. Now endangered species include Acinonyx pardinensis (Pliocene), much higher than modern cheetahs and found in Europe, India and China, Acinonyx intermedius (mid-Pleistocene), found in the same area. Gone like Miracinonyx was extremely cheetah, as demonstrated, but recent DNA analysis shows that Miracinonyx inexpectatus, Miracinonyx Studer, and Miracinonyx Truman (early to late Pleistocene) found in North America and as a "North American cheetah" are not true cheetahs, instead that close relatives of the Cougar. Cheetah chest is deep and its waist is narrow. Coarse hair is short, the cheetah tan with round black spots measuring 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.2 in), which allows for camouflage while hunting. The tail usually ends in a bushy white tuft. The cheetah has a small head with a big set of eyes.

Adult cheetah weighs 35 to 72 kg (77 to 160 lb). Cheetahs are 66-94 cm (26-37 inches) tall at the shoulder. Men tend to be slightly larger than females and have slightly bigger heads, but there are large differences in cheetah sizes and it is difficult to say men and women than appearance alone. Compared with a similar sized leopard, cheetah is generally shorter in content, but is longer tailed and higher (average is about 90 cm (35 inches), height), and thus seems much easier. Some cheetahs have merged a rare mutation model fur spotted large patches. Known as "king cheetah", previously thought to be a distinct subspecies, but in fact, African cheetahs, their model is the result of an unusual coat single recessive gene. "King Cheetah" was only seen in the wild a few times, but was raised in captivity. Cheetah paws have semi-retractable claws (known only in three other cat species: cat and fish Flathead Iriomote cat) is concerned, the additional support features in its high speed. 

Dewclaw itself is much shorter and straighter than other cats. Unlike true big cats Pantherinae subfamily, cheetahs can purr as it inspires, can not yell. The cheetah is still seen by some as less than stingrays. It is often mistaken for the leopard, cheetah has features such as the aforementioned long "break" strip lines running from the corners of the eyes to the mouth and spots that are not "rosettes". The slimmer the cheetah is also very different from the leopard. The cheetah is an endangered species. Once widely hunted for its fur, the cheetah now suffers more from loss of habitat and prey. The cheetah was formerly known as particularly primitive among the cats and have about 18 million years ago. There are more geographically isolated populations of cheetahs, all found in Africa and Southwest Asia. It is possible, though doubtful, that some cheetahs remain in India have also been several unconfirmed reports of Asiatic cheetahs in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, was discovered at least one dead animal The cheetah lives in areas with diameters land where prey is abundant. 

Cheetahs in the Serengeti study showed, women are unfaithful and often have other young men. Unlike some other cats, the cheetah is born with its characteristic spots. This gives them a mane or Mohawk-type appearance, this fur is shed as the cheetah grows older. It has been speculated that this ridge offers a cheetah cub the appearance of honey badger (ratel), to scare away potential aggressors. Cubs leave their mother between 13.20 clock months after birth. The cheetah has a unique, well-structured social order. About two years ago, the female siblings leave the group, and young men stay together for life.

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