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Here’s an animal lover’s one-stop source for in-depth information on cheetahs! What do they eat? How do they behave? Are they at risk? This book also includes loads of fun and fascinating facts about cheetahs, as well as maps, charts, and wonderful photographs of these speedy creatures.
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Charlotte Guillain
Charlotte Guillain has worked in children's publishing for over a decade and now writes non-fiction for children in Foundation and Key Stage 1. She has written on a range of subjects, including outer space, the environment and teeth! She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two young children.
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Cheetahs - Charlotte Guillain
Contents
What Are Big Cats?
What Are Cheetahs?
How Are Cheetahs Classified?
Where Do Cheetahs Live?
What Adaptations Help Cheetahs Survive?
What Do Cheetahs Eat?
What Is a Cheetah’s Life Cycle?
How Do Cheetahs Behave?
How Intelligent Are Cheetahs?
What Threats Do Cheetahs Face?
How Can People Help Cheetahs?
What Does the Future Hold for Cheetahs?
Cheetah Profile
Glossary
Find Out More
Index
Some words are shown in bold, like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.
What Are Big Cats?
In the long, dry grass of the African savannah, a stealthy shape creeps toward a herd of antelope. A moment later, a cheetah bursts into action, chasing a small antelope at top speed. The cheetah’s prey cannot outrun it and the slender cat brings it down. The cat will not go hungry today.
Cheetahs are mammals that are often included in a group called big cats. The general term big cat
refers to wild cats that are significantly larger than small wild cats, such as the lynx, serval, and ocelot. These larger cats include cheetahs, pumas, jaguars, lions, tigers, leopards, snow leopards, and clouded leopards. However, sometimes the term big cat is used more specifically to refer to large wild cats that can roar: lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars. Cheetahs are unable to roar and both look and behave quite differently than other big cats.
The wider group of big cats shares the following characteristics:
They are all above a certain size.
They are all carnivores.
None of them is hunted for food by another predator once they reach adulthood.
Big cats live in different habitats around the world, ranging from the rainforests of South America to African grasslands and the mountains of Southeast Asia. Some, such as leopards, can climb trees while others, such as tigers, are strong swimmers. Lions are the only big cats to routinely live in groups, called prides. All big cats have coloring or patterns on their fur that help to conceal them as they hunt.
The cheetah looks quite different than
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