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Cats SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Dogs p.81
▸ ▸ Food chains
The cat family are all meat-eaters. They have sharp p.107
teeth that let them slice up their food. Cats are very ▸ ▸ Habitats p.126
fast, with strong bodies that let them run, jump, ▸ ▸ Pets pp.152—153

and even swim. ▸ ▸ Sight p.226
▸ ▸ Vertebrates
Cats have p.266
good hearing.

Small wild cats
Most wild cats are much smaller
than lions. The colors of their fur
help them to be camouflaged, or Whiskers help
hidden, in their habitat. cats sense their
surroundings.

Cat
tongues
are covered in Pet cats Chartreux
sharp hairs. They Cats were one of the first animals that
are used to clean meat humans tamed from the wild to become
off a bone and to pets, around 12,000 years ago.
wash their
fur.
Big cats
The largest types of cat
are known as “big cats.”
They include lions, tigers,
leopards, and jaguars.
These are the only cats
that are able to roar.

Male lions have
longer hair over
their shoulders,
called manes.

Lion

Night vision
Cats hunt at dawn and
dusk. Their eyes are
good at seeing when
there is not much light.
Their eyesight is six
Lynx times better than a
human’s.

Leopard

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