Word Bed - Large Cats Trivia Quiz

Answer: LION

Lions were once distributed throughout Africa, Arabia, and the Balkans to India. Today, they are mostly found in the African grasslands and the open woodlands south of the southern Sahara. For the Asian subspecies, it is mostly confined to the Gir Sanctuary in northwest India. Lionesses have two to four cubs at any time of the year.

The cubs are not completely independent until they are approximately two and half years.

Answer: TIGER

The long-furred Siberian tiger is the largest member of the cat family. Tiger numbers, in the wild, have come to cause concern and three species are already extinct which are the Bali, Caspian and Javan tigers.

Answer: COUGAR

Cougar or mountain lion is another name used for the puma. They can be found in both North and South America as well as in Canada.

Answer: CARACAL

Persian lynx is another name for the caracal and they roam in Africa and Asia. This species of large cat is somewhat larger than a fox. Their main food sources are small deer, hare and birds. In India and Iran, caracals are tamed and trained for hunting because of their speed and agility. Due to over-hunting the caracal is now a protected species.

Answer: WILDCAT

Wildcat is synonymous to bobcat.

Answer: CATAMOUNT

The catamount is another name for the cougar.

Answer: SERVAL

The serval is a long-legged cat that is native to the grasslands and brush country of sub-Saharan Africa. The serval eats mostly small mammals, lizards and birds. It hunts by using its speed rather than by stealth that large cats use. Servals can be trained, if captured young, but they generally are very hard to raise as pets.

Answer: LEOPARD

Instead of running their prey down, a leopard will often ambush it by leaping down from a tree's lower branches. They are found throughout Africa, south of the Sahara and in southern Asia. The leopard is a threatened species and some subspecies are endangered due to loss of habitat and man's hunting of them.

These animals are very strong and often drag large carcasses into trees where they feed upon them.

Answer: PANTHER

The panther is a leopard, but it is usually used in reference to leopards that are black.

Answer: OCELOT

The ocelot is roughly the same size as an very large housecat and in Mexico and South America many people keep them as pets. They are distributed from Texas to Peru. They are good climbers and usually hunt in forests during the night. They only have two kittens when they breed.

Answer: LYNX

The lynx is different from most of the other large cats as it has a short tail, luxurious side ruffs and ears that have tufts on the ends. Two of the species are the Canada lynx and the North American species or bay lynx, which is another name for the bobcat.

The Canadian lynx is found in Canada and Alaska but is sometimes seen in Oregon, Colorado and New York. Other species of lynx are found in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Answer: CHEETAH

The cheetah is also called the hunting leopard. They can be found in Africa, Iran, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The conservation status of the cheetah is threatened in all the areas mentioned above but especially in Asia and it is now regarded as endangered. One to five cubs are born when they breed and these stay with the mother for up to 22 months.

Answer: JAGUAR

The jaguar is the largest and the most powerful of the cat species in the Americas. It can be found in Mexico and throughout South America and is numerous in the forests of Central America and Brazil. In the pre-Columbian civilizations of Peru and Central America it was worshipped as a god, but today it is extensively hunted as the ranchers claim that it attacks cattle, but studies have indicated that the attacks are spasmodic and not worthy of the hunting they have been subjected to.

In the tropical parts of the world, the jaguar mates at anytime during the year but in other areas it is in the latter part of the year.

Answer: PUMA

Pumas are referred to by numerous names and a few more are painter, American lion and Indian devil. The puma most often stalks its prey and pounces onto its back. They are a very important part of the ecosystem as they mainly eat old or sick animals thus they keep populations of their prey healthy.

Answer: BOBCAT

A bobcat can also be known as a Red lynx. When a bobcat hunts, it creeps upon its prey until it is close enough to pounce. Bobcats are distributed throughout North America, from southern Canada to central Mexico. They live in various types of habitats that can be desert, mountains, swamps or forests.

A bobcat's young is called a kitten and when they breed they have between one to six kittens that are born in winter.