Wild Cats Listed By Size

The Rusty-spotted Cat rivals and may exceed the South African Black footed cat Felis nigripes as the worlds smallest wild cat.

Wild cats listed by size. The definition of which species are big cats varies between different organisations with some considering just the five species in the Panthera genus to be big cats and others including pumas also known as mountain lions and cougars and cheetahs. How many species of big cats are there. This list uses the expanded definition of big cats Where can I find small wild cats in the world.

Many species exhibit some level of sexual dimorphism where there is a noticeable size difference between males and females. It is about the size of a domestic cat with thicker and longer fur. Most small wild cats are the size of a domesticated cat.

It lives in a wide variety of habitats like tropical forests savanna swamps etc. Caracals Caracal caracal are a wild cat species found in Africa the Middle East and central Asia in a range of habitats from semi-desert to open savannah. Small Cats 19 Species Three subspecies of Felis silvestris are shown counting as one species.

The Leopardus pardalis is a wild cat whose range extends from the southwestern parts of the US to South America. Its coat is typically golden-red but a wide range of other color varieties are known. 11 rows This list of largest cats shows the 10 largest extant Felidae species ordered by maximum reported weight and size of wild individuals on record.

Countries in which the species is present include India Cambodia China Bhutan Myanmar Thailand Malaysia and Indonesia The Asian golden cat is over twice the size of a domestic cat. Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with.

The list does not contain cat hybrids such as the liger. Feral cats are elusive and do not trust humans. The liger is not present in the wild but as the largest and heaviest cat takes the first place on our list.