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1. Which of these cats is in the subfamily Pantherinae?
The other three are all in the other extant subfamily, Felinae.
Clouded Leopard
Cheetah
Canada Lynx
Cougar
2. Which of these cats is most closely related to the domestic cat?
The domestic cat and the sand cat belong to the genus Felis.
Sand Cat
Serval
Asian Golden Cat
Ocelot
3. Which of these isn't the name of a real cat species?
The marbled cat is a small cat native to the eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia with a very long tail. The Pampas cat is another small cat, from South America, which is slightly larger than a domestic cat. The flat-headed cat is an endangered species native to Southeast Asia.
Flat-Headed Cat
Marbled Cat
Green Cat
Pampas Cat
4. How many extant subspecies of tiger exist?
Panthera tigris tigris and Panthera tigris sondaica, otherwise known as the Sunda Island tiger. There are five extant populations of Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger, Siberian tiger, South China tiger, Indochinese tiger and Malayan tiger) and one extant population of Panthera tigris sondaica (Sumatran tiger).
3
5
7
2
5. The fishing cat eats only fish.
Fishing cat scat collected in India showed that around three-quarters of the animals' diets consisted of fish, yet the cats also ate birds, insects, small rodents, molluscs and reptiles.
False
True
6. Where did species of Smilodon (sabre-toothed tiger) live?
Fossils have been found from Canada to Chile.
Africa
Asia
Europe
Americas
7. Which of these cats is not listed as Least Concern?
The Iberian lynx is critically endangered.
Caracal
Serval
Jungle Cat
Iberian Lynx
8. Is the Asiatic lion its own subspecies of lion?
It is a population of Panthera leo leo, a subspecies that also lives in West and Central Africa.
No
Yes
9. The Pallas's cat has never been sighted in which country?
They are adapted to live in cold continental climates with little rainfall and wide temperature ranges.
Pakistan
Armenia
Mongolia
Thailand
10. Which of these cats has the strongest bite force relative to its size?
Bite force quotient, or BFQ, is how this is measured. For the jaguar it is 137, the same as the clouded leopard. The lion's BFQ is 112, the cougar's is 108 and the leopard's is 94. Interestingly, the sand cat (pictured in the thumbnail) has a BFQ of 130, slightly higher than the BFQ of the tiger.
Jaguar
Leopard
Cougar
Lion
11. Which of these prehistoric cats went extinct first?
The genus Dinofelis first appeared at least five million years ago, earlier than other the cats, and went extinct around 1.2 million years ago. Species of Smilodon existed between 2.5 million years ago and 10,000 years ago, the American lion existed between 340,000 and 11,000 years ago, and the Eurasian cave lion first appeared around 460,000 years ago and went extinct between 15,000 and 14,000 years ago.
American Lion
Dinofelis
Smilodon
Eurasian Cave Lion
12. Which species of lynx has the highest recorded weight?
Eurasian lynxes generally weigh between 12 and 32 kilograms, and one from the Altai Mountains weighed 35 kg. The heaviest bobcat accurately weighed was 22.2 kilograms, the heaviest Canada lynx was 20 kilograms, and Iberian lynx usually weigh up to 15.9 kilograms.
Canada Lynx
Eurasian Lynx
Bobcat
Iberian Lynx
13. Cats belong to the suborder Feliformia. Which of these groups of mammals are not feliformes?
Weasels belong to the suborder Caniformia, which includes animals such as dogs, bears and seals.
Hyenas
Civets
Weasels
Mongooses
14. The emblem called the Aq Bars features which cat with wings?
It is the official symbol of Tatarstan, and was also used in Volga Bulgaria and the Khanate of Kazan.
Snow Leopard
Asiatic Lion
Siberian Tiger
Eurasian Lynx
15. The European wildcat still exists in Scotland.
The Scottish wildcat is currently only found in northern and eastern Scotland, though European wildcats could once be found throughout Britain.