Wild Cats of the World

Sunquist and Sunquist's comprehensive reference compiles the natural history, ecology and behavior of all wild felid species, with extensive treatment of diet, prey selection, hunting modes and predation ecology. For each cat it synthesizes the available data on what they kill, how they hunt, kill rates where known, and their place within local predator guilds, from the prey-size specialization of big cats to the rodent-dominated diets of small felids. The book is an essential starting point for any felid predator-prey question, drawing together scattered field studies into a coherent comparative account. It is widely used to frame hypotheses about prey preference, niche partitioning and the predatory adaptations distinguishing the cat family.