Middle-earth Flora & Fauna

[Child of the 7th Age]

It's been ten days so I'm going to try again with another question....

His eyes were long and very narrow and slanted, and gleamed both red and green. but his great grey whiskers were as stout and sharp as needles. His purr was like the roll of drums and his growl like thunder, but when he yelled in wrath it turned the blood cold, and indeed small beasts and birds were frozen as to stone, or dropped lifeless often at the very sound.

This character is one of my very favorites!
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What is the name of this character and where in Tolkien's writings does he appear?

Child

[ November 21, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]