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Animal alphabet

Each cat featured in this book is listed
here, along with its page number
and some of its characteristics.

Bobcat 4, 37 Leopard 4, 6, 10, 15, Puma 4-5, 6, 26-27,
A small North American 24-25, 40, 43, 45 33, 39
lynx, with a short tail This tree-loving spotted cat Pumas range from Canada,
and a spotted reddish- is found in both Africa and down through the US, to
brown coat. Asia. Black leopards are Central and South America.
called panthers. Other names given to the
Caracal 35 puma are cougar, mountain
Found in the scrublands Lion 4, 7, 9, 12, 15, lion, and panther.
of Africa and Asia, this cat 30-31, 38-39, 42, 44-45
has tufted ears and can leap African 16-17 Serval 33, 34-35
high into the air. This unusual long-legged,
Asiatic 17 medium-sized cat is
The second biggest cat, found in the grasslands
Cheetah 4, 7, 8, 22-23, 32 and the only cat to live of central, southern, and
A spotted large cat, the in groups called prides. northwest Africa.
cheetah is the fastest land Male lions have thick
animal on Earth. Found in manes of hair. Smilodon 5
east and central Africa, and A saber-toothed cat that
a small area of Asia.
Lynx 41 lived approximately
European 36 11,000 years ago.
Clouded leopard 9, 25 Spanish 35
A medium-sized cat A medium-sized cat with a Snow leopard 4, 7, 28-29
with unusual, cloud-shaped short tail, spotted fur, and A large gray cat with
markings and long canine tufted ear-tips. There are spotted and blotchy
teeth. It lives in many species of lynx in the markings. It lives in the
southeastern Asia. world; some are very rare. mountains of central Asia.

Ocelot 37
Domestic cat 4, 14-15 Tiger, 4-5, 6-7, 15, 18-19,
There are many different This spotted and striped 39, 43, 45
breeds of these small cats medium-sized cat has a Amur 4, 18
that are found throughout deep yellow or orange coat. Bengal 18
the world. It lives in Central and The biggest of all the cats,
South America.
there are several species of
this powerful, striped feline.
Fishing cat 37
A water-loving, medium- Panther 24
sized gray cat that has spots The name given to
and stripes. It is found in a black leopard,
southeastern Asia. and occasionally
to a black
jaguar.
Jaguar 4, 6, 15, 20-21,
40-41
A powerful cat, the jaguar
is found in Central and
South America.