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Introducing cats Cat facts
• Cats kill other animals for
Fossils show that catlike creatures have existed their food, which makes them
carnivores (meat eaters).
for many millions of years. All cats belong to
• Cats are mammals, which
the same family group called the Felidae. means that females produce
milk to feed to their young.
In size order, the seven biggest cats
in the world are the tiger, lion,
jaguar, leopard, snow leopard,
puma, and the cheetah.
The largest
cat in the world
is the Amur
tiger. It can
be up to 13 ft
(4 m) long,
from head
to tail.
The bobcat
Domestic cats is one of the
are popular pets. smaller cats.
