Posted by : Ramez
vendredi 28 août 2015
Puma or mountain lion (Puma concolor Latin) - type of the cat family. Until 1993, was known as Felis concolor in. The word 'cougar' comes from the Quechua.Puma - the second largest member of the cat family in America, he no longer jaguar. This cat reaches a length of 100-180 cm, tail length 60-75 cm, height at withers 61-76 cm and a weight of 105 kg (males). Normal men usual main subspecies weighs about 70-90 kilograms. Females are smaller than 30% males. The body of a puma and a flexible elongate feet are weak, the head is relatively small. Hind feet much more massive than the front. The tail is long, muscled uniformly pubescent. The feet are large, with strong retractable claws, curves, on their hind legs with 4 fingers on the forehead - 5. retractable claws used to capture and hold prey, as well as for climbing trees.
Jaguar (Panthera onca) - kind of carnivore cat family, one of four members of the genus panther (Latin: Panthera), which belongs to the subfamily of the big cats. The only member of the genus in North America and South America. The third largest in the world and the largest representative of the New World of the cat family.Range of the species extends from Mexico south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. The body length is 120-185 cm without the tail, the tail is 45-75 cm, weight 36-113 kg, 60-90 kg in the main, in some cases up to 120 kg. On registration in the wild is of 158 kg. The female is 20% smaller and lighter. The adult male weighs about normal usual main subspecies of 90-110 kg averaged about 90-95 kg) and females 60-80 kg. The height at the withers is 68-76 cm, rarely up to 81 cm.
Serval cat or shrub (Leptailurus serval) - thin, long legs medium sized cat. The length of its body, 90-135 cm, height at shoulder up to 40-65 cm, weighs 8-18 kg serval. Serval the fastest legs and big ears (relative to body size) of the cat. His head was tiny, the tail is relatively short - 30-45 cm for a number of morphological features considered a close relative of serval and caracal lynx, although painting it most resembles a cheetah - the dark spots and bands on a yellowish-gray background. Chest, abdomen and white face. The ears are black on the outside with transverse yellow or white spots. Servals scattered throughout Africa, excluding the Sahara and the equatorial zone of the forest, and the extreme south of the continent (Cap). North of the Sahara (Algeria, Morocco), this beast is now extremely rare, but quite common in East and West Africa.