Cats

1. The Cat Family
Only 5 members of the cat family are included.
By Shreya
Aleyas

2. Facts about the Cat Family
• There are 36 species in the cat family.
• Another name for the cat family is the feline family.
• There are about 600,000,000 small cats in the world.
• All cats are carnivores.

3. Cheetahs
• Scientific name: Acinonyx jubatus
• Weight: 21 – 72 kilograms (Adult)
• Speed: 110 – 120 kilometres per hour
• Length: 1.1 – 1.5 metres (Adult)
• Height: 66 – 94 centimetres (Adult)
• Lifespan: 10 – 12 years
• Name: Comes from chita, which is the Hindi word for leopard

4. Leopards
• Scientific name: Panthera pardus
• Weight: 23 – 27 kilograms (Female) 31 kilograms (Male)
• Speed: 58 kilometres per hour
• Length: 90 – 160 centimetres
• Height: 60 – 70 centimetres (Male) 57- 64 centimetres (Female)
• Lifespan: 12 -17 years
• Name: Leopard means lion-panther or lion-leopard

5. Bengal tiger
• Scientific name: Panthera tigris tigris
• Weight: 140 kilograms (Female) 220 kilograms (Male)
• Speed: 96 kilometres per hour
• Length: 2.7 – 3.1 metres (Male) 2.4 - 2.6 (Female)
• Height: 60 – 70 centimetres (Male) 57- 64 centimetres (Female)
• Lifespan: 12 -17 years
• Name: The Bengal tiger is named after the Bengal region in southern Asia

6. Jaguars
• Scientific name: Panthera onca
• Weight: 56 – 96 kilograms (Adult)
• Speed: 80 kilometres per hour
• Length: 1.2 – 2 metres (Adult)
• Height: 63 – 76 centimetres (Adult)
• Lifespan: 12 -15 years
• Name: Jaguar comes from the ancient Indian name “yaguar”

7. Lions
• Scientific name: Panthera leo
• Weight: 190 kilograms (Male Adult) 130 kilograms (Female Adult)
• Speed: 80 kilometres per hour
• Length: 1.7 – 2.5 metres (Male Adult) 1.4 – 1.8 metres (Female adult
• Height: 1.1 metres (Female Adult) 1.2 metres (Male Adult)
• Lifespan: 10 – 14 years (In The Wild)
• Name: Lion comes from Greek leon or leontos, which comes itself from ancient Egyptian lawai, which was the original word for
a lion.

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