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Predatory Mammals

Predatory Mammals. Cats, Dogs, Bears, Weasels and Even Raccoons. What is a Predator?. Hunts, stalks, kills and eats other animals Carnivore or Omnivore AKA Secondary Consumers Population management. Wild Cats – Toms, Queens, Cubs. Nocturnal Loners Ability to stalk prey is unique.

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Predatory Mammals

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  1. Predatory Mammals Cats, Dogs, Bears, Weasels and Even Raccoons

  2. What is a Predator? • Hunts, stalks, kills and eats other animals • Carnivore or Omnivore • AKA Secondary Consumers • Population management

  3. Wild Cats – Toms, Queens, Cubs • Nocturnal • Loners • Ability to stalk prey is unique

  4. Generic Biography • Born blind and helpless • Females nurse for weeks • Then bring home food as they are able to eat meat • She will also train the next generation to hunt

  5. Estrus of Cats • Females are only in heat once during the year • Some males (bobcats) only produce sperm part of the year • Males mate with many females, spread the gene pool out • Females are the ones that yowl • Conception rates are VERY low • Will copulate up to 9 times in an hour before separating!

  6. Canadian Lynx

  7. Bobcat/Wildcat

  8. Mountain Lion/Puma/Cougar/Panther

  9. Ocelot

  10. Margay

  11. Jaguar

  12. the jag • Females are mature at age 2, males at age 3 or 4 • Up to 4 cubs in a litter, born year round • Live up to 15 years old • Largest carnivore in Central & South America • Up to 3 feet tall, weighs in at 250 pounds • Eats peccaries, deer, even sheep and horses

  13. the melanistic jag (6%)

  14. the jag range

  15. baby jag

  16. Wild Dogs • Carnivores and Omnivores • Live in dens • Both males and females raise the young

  17. The Fox – Dogs, Vixens, Cubs

  18. Red Fox

  19. Red Fox Facts • 4-10 cubs born in the spring • 16inches tall, 15 pounds mature weight • Eats rodents, birds, bugs, fruit & even chickens • Found all over North America

  20. Importance of Fox • Rodent control • Pelts - trapping • Food supply for wild cats!

  21. Coyote/Prairie Wolf/Brush Wolf

  22. Yotes • 50 pounds • 26 inches tall • Mate for Life • Adapted to human life

  23. Gray Wolf/Timber Wolf

  24. Wolf • Range is northern latitudes, hunted to this range • Mate for life • 6-12 pups are born in a litter in spring • Parents will disgorge meat for pups • 175 pounds • 38 inches tall

  25. The Controversy?

  26. Interbreeding Problems…

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