Perhaps an exaggeration about there existing no quizzes which exclusively accept grizzly, but I've been encountering an annoying amount of quizzes which only accept "grizzly bear," and won't accept "brown bear." Therefore I was excited when I saw that "brown bear" was accepted.
So which quiz is it that you're referring to as the counterexample?
IUCN has different information and is probably more reliable than iNaturalist. According to IUCN there are mountain lions in North Dakota, there are grizzly bears in Washington, and there are not black bears in South Dakota, Kansas, or Ohio.
Black bears are still heavier. Jaguars average from 123-200 lbs. with the largest being around 350. There have been many black bears on record (including one in Arizona) over 900 lbs., though the larger males are usually around 250 lbs.
Good quiz. I deduced that the state I was missing was Hawaii, but I did not guess cat. I think some of the quibbles others have with that answer make sense (though domestic dogs, generally, are not really predatory, while cats, however tame, always retain their predatory nature). Hawaii lacks some predators common to much of the U.S. such as coyotes and bears, but it does have several large seabirds, such as Salvin's albatross, that, I believe, are generally larger and outweigh most cats.
I would consider dogs to be predators -- even those that are domesticated and not dangerous to people will chase and kill rabbits, squirrels, etc. if they are on a farm or somewhere that they can run freely.
dogs could be predators. The gray wolves that they descended from certainly were. But when domesticated dogs are abandoned or set loose near human populations they tend to act more as omnivores and scavengers, rummaging through the trash and so on. Feral cats certainly do that, too, but they also prey upon small birds and rodents. I guess dogs might kill and eat a rat if it was hungry enough, too, so, nevermind, I don't know...
Here in North Texas, my NextDoor app has postings near daily warning neighbors about coyote and bobcat sightings. It's our fault for encroaching on their habitats. That said, the advent smart doorbells with motion sensitive cameras has really made us aware of the size of the wild animal population in our own backyards.
Isn't there a perennial debate about polar bears and Kodiak bears being bigger, depending on biggest one ever weighed who happened to be on a scale, average size, height standing up, and all that?
Not to mention Hawaiian Monk Seals that weigh up to 600 pounds and are described as "opportunistic predators" by Wikipedia.
So which quiz is it that you're referring to as the counterexample?
Any chance the States column could open up to show all of the states where each animal is the largest predator, instead of e.g. ...+26 others ?
I suppose I could just click on the Source...
Edit: I clicked on the Source, and it's really good! You should definitely make a map quiz where the states light up once guessed!