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Big cat
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This article is about the animal. For the tricycle manufacturer Big Cat HPV, see
Catrike.
A tiger, the largest and heaviest living
species of the
cat family
The term big cat ? which is not a biological classification ? is used informally to distinguish the larger
felid species from smaller ones. One definition of "big cat" includes the four members of the genus
Panthera: the
tiger,
lion,
jaguar, and
leopard. Members of this genus are the only cats able to
roar. A more expansive definition of "big cat" also includes the
cheetah,
snow leopard,
clouded leopard, and
cougar.
Despite enormous differences in size, the various species of cat are quite similar in both structure and behavior, with the exception of the Their range includes the
Americas,
Africa,
Asia, and
Europe.
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Roaring
The ability to roar comes from an elongated and specially adapted (However, the
snow leopard cannot roar, despite having hyoid morphology similar to roaring cats.) When air passes through the larynx on the wa...
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