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drmeow

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9. I think that cougars

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 11:29 AM

Apr 2022

are technically not always classified as "big cats." A very strict taxonomy only considers Panthera to be big cats (tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard). Cheetahs and cougars are non-pantherine large cats.

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