| ------- > Wild Cats Lions are threatened throughout most of their African range. But nowhere is their condition as perilous as in Kenyan Maasailand, where this large male was photographed. Three female lions and a pair of cubs rest in the grass in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Females remain with a pride for life and often have to defend their cubs from males, who will kill young lions when taking over another male's territory. About twice the size of the average house cat, the dappled fur of the ocelot serves as camouflage in the jungles of South and Central America.
Mountain lions do not like to share their territory and are constantly on the lookout for invaders. A mother Bengal tiger and her cub rest in the tall grass of a meadow. Tiger cubs remain with their mothers for two to three years before dispersing to find their own territory. Sharp eyesight and raw speed make the cheetah a formidable hunter. Jaguars, the largest of South America's big cats, once roamed much of the Americas. Today they are found in only a few remote regions. Somewhere between the small cats, which can purr, and the big cats, which can roar, are the clouded leopards that make their home in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
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