2 Tigers

Papa Bengal

Baby Bengal

Bengals or Royal Bengals or Indian Tigers

 (different names for same tiger) live in India.

White Bengals

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Papa Siberian

Baby Siberian

The Siberian is taller at the shoulders than the Bengal

and only lives in Eastern Siberia now. 

They are known by many names - 

Amur, Manchurian, Altaic, Korean, North China or Ussuri tiger

White Siberian:

Lime Cat

....and here he is in person for the first time on the HTF blog.  Lime Cat ~ what do you think of mixing species - specifically dog and cows?

Iz not in favor of mixing lime wit cats.

Messing wit all nature iz asking for doom.

Frenchy

This Coton de Tulear is making his mark - not on trees or fire hydrants - but in the Impressionist Canine Painters of Paris Society.  He uses his tail, tongue, and paws to paint gorgeous landscapes of Normany, Brittany, and has even traveled to the lavender fields of Provence to breathe in the fresh aroma, eat the local cuisine, and lie in the sunshine drinking wine while painting of course.

Dog-Cow

So, here's the rare but beautiful Cow-dog.  Only one left in captivity.

Special studies are hoping to bring this breed back, but alas, no mate, so they may use a Cow-dog like the one below.

The Australian Cattle dog (red heeler, blue heeler)

knows cows so well, that interbreeding may be possible.

4th big cat

So, back to friendlier faces (not black jags!).  Here's 1 of 2 big cats that roam the Americas, even in my own "backyard", so I'm staying an Indoor Kitty - you never know what's waiting to pounce (hehe, me!)


This little girl looks like she could use a friend. 
I like her dimples.

I wish that Mama would be a little more careful - little guy doesn't look too happy.  
Jaguars live in South America and are bigger than cougars, but I think cougars are much more handsome/pretty.  Jaguars and Cougars are also cars - I still don't understand that part.

Taking a Break

                                  

                 I dreamed about mochas....

This is a Great example of something

 I don't want to run into

and a good reason to stay an indoor cat.

Black Panther in this case is a Jaguar

with too much melanin.

You can still see the pattern under the dark tone.

There are other black panthers (large black cats) too.

Some are leopards, some can even be bobcats, etc.  

It's just more common that it's either a jaguar or a leopard.