Although some big cats like lions exhibit a purr-like sound, studies show that the Patherinae subfamily: lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard, and clouded leopard do not exhibit true purring.

尽管像狮子一类的大型猫科动物也会发出呼噜般的声音，研究却表明豹亚科动物，比如狮子、老虎、美洲豹、美洲虎、雪豹及云豹，并不能发出真正的呼噜声。

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