Snow Leopard

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Caracal

The caracal , also known as desert lynx is very beautiful wild cat, whose eyes radiate intelligence and concentration. You can encounter in the whole of Africa south of Sahara (not jungle) and the Arabian Peninsula (except the desert regions), Minor and Central Asia to India. Live in dry areas - forests, savannas, steppes and acacia scrub. The caracal is a nocturnal animal in the above areas, but in colder areas of the range he hunted at any time of day. It is the fastest wildcat by representatives of the Felidae family of this size. At the same time is nimble climber on trees, where the dangers or avoided (like the leopard) gets its prey to eaten alone.

Puma

Puma is the wild cat known to most names - record, which is officially recognized by Guinness. They call it Cougar, deer cat, mountain devil, royalist cat tibia mountain cat, silver lion, mountain lion ... But her grace and power were the object of awe and admiration in the cultures of Indians in the Americas.
Puma clock is active predator. It is designed to climb trees on steep mountain slopes and in the sprint to chase their prey on any terrain. You can jump distances of up to 12 meters of land! Like the lion, it has a stripe of hair color. Puma is the fourth largest in the world after the wild cat tiger, lion and jaguar.

Wild cat

The wild cat is a small predator of the cat family. Dimensions and are slightly larger than those derived from its domestic cats. Widespread in Europe before and Central Asia and Africa.

Body and is strong and keen, covered with dense hair. Its length is 45 to 80 centimeters (91), height to 43 cm, tail 29-34 cm, weight from 3 to 8 kg. Live in rocky or wooded areas and eats small mammals such as rodents and rabbits. Are known cases of assault on a young deer and goats. Prefers to hunt at night and avoid encounters with people, so are very rare and direct observation in nature.

Wild cat is a territorial animal, and as most of his relatives in the cat family, avoid the company of its kind outside the breeding season, which is twice a year (spring and autumn). After about two months pregnant females were usamotyava in a secret hollow of a tree and gave birth to three to six small, who is nursing about four months. Small are born blind and helpless, like a cat at home. Nowadays, the wild cat has become a relatively rare animal as domestic cats and people drift away from it biotopes, which traditionally inhabit.