Big cats from around the world

A male African lion, Panthera leo, poses for the camera. A lion's roar can be heard up to 5 miles away.

This Sumatran tiger, Panthera tigris sumatrae, is a member of a critically endangered species.

The Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx, is one of Europe's largest predators.

An endangered snow leopard, Panthera uncia, at the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois.

The bobcat, Lynx rufus, is named for its bobbed tail. It's the most common wildcat in North America.

The clouded leopard, Neofelis nebulosa, an endangered species, roams the hunting grounds of Asia.

The endangered Florida panther, Puma concolor coryi, is recognized as Florida’s official state animal but it is rare to see one.

This endangered African leopard, Panthera pardus pardus, lives at the Houston Zoo.

The black jaguar, Panthera onca, lives in South America.

A Florida panther named Lucy at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.

The Amur leopard,Panthera pardus orientalis, is critically endangered.

A male Southern Africa King cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus jubatus, named George at Zoo Miami. This cheetah differs from the common cheetah in its spots, which are larger and sometimes connected.

A cougar, Felis councillor, at the Rolling Hills Zoo. Cougars have many names, among them mountain lion, puma, and panther.

This is an 8 ½-week-old endangered royal white phase Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris, at Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo.

White Bengal tigers like this one are rare in nature; their colour comes mostly from inbreeding, which can also leave them with debilitating deformities.

A female Asiatic lion, Panthera leo persica, at Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden.

This serval, Leptailurus serval, is named Kenya. Servals can leap 5 feet (1.5 metres) in the air to see above the grasses of their savannah homes.

A male African lion.

Hasari is a three-year-old cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus. Given the chance, cheetahs can accelerate to over 60 mph.

This two-month-old endangered jaguar cub, Panthera onca, lives at the Parque Zoologico Nacional in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.