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| leopard |
A leopard is a large animal in the cat family. Leopards usually have short, yellow fur and black spots. Some leopards have black fur and you cannot easily see their spots. These leopards are called panthers or black leopards. Leopards live in Africa and Asia. |
| lynx |
A lynx is a kind of wild cat. It is much bigger than a pet cat, but it is smaller than a leopard or lion. Lynxes have soft fur with spots, and they have a short tail. They live in Europe, North America, and Asia. |
| panther |
a leopard or jaguar, especially a black one with no spots that show. Leopards live in Africa and Asia. Jaguars live in South or Central America. Panthers are carnivorous mammals and are closely related to lions, tigers, and other large cats that roar. [1/2 definitions] |
| Tajikistan |
Tajikistan is a country in Asia. Some of its neighbors are China, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. Tajikistan is covered by mountains. Many of them are very high and have snow on top all the time. These mountains are home to a rare and beautiful type of leopard called a snow leopard. People in Tajikistan speak a language called Tajik. |
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