Felid Natural History

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Across
  1. 1. the unique greeting sound of a tiger is called what?
  2. 2. This cat holds the Guinness record for the cat known by the most names?
  3. 5. The name of the felid bone that is fully ossified (bony) in small cats allowing them to purr and partially ossified in big cats allowing them to roar.
  4. 8. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge holds a festival every year for what animal?
  5. 10. At what month do most pumas lose their baby teeth?
  6. 12. This response serves as a mechanism to facilitate scent detection, specifically focusing on pheromones and other chemical signals
  7. 14. Relative to it's size, which cat has the strongest bite force?
  8. 15. Sand cats share a scientific name with this popular drink?
  9. 16. Black footed cats have one of the highest kill rates of any cat species at what percent?
  10. 17. What type of leopard are known as the ghosts of the moutains
Down
  1. 1. Relative to it's size, which leopard has the largest canines?
  2. 3. What is the most prominent focal illness of study for Pallas’s Cats
  3. 4. This species is most prominent out of all felid's as an ambassador animal.
  4. 6. This species has recovered from near extinction but remains the most endangered of the lynx species.
  5. 7. What country has the highest density of lions?
  6. 9. Sambar deer are common prey for what species?
  7. 11. The Clouded Leopard Project primarily collaborates with projects in this Asian nation:
  8. 13. What felid-specific virus found frequently in cheetahs is commonly associated as an STD in humans?