Wild Cats Listed By Size

The list does not contain cat hybrids such as the liger.

Wild cats listed by size. Feral Cats are the wild offspring of domestic cats and are primarily the result of pet owners abandonment or failure to spay or neuter their animal allowing them to breed uncontrolled. The Sand Cat Felis margarita lives in the deserts of Africa the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia. Small Cats 19 Species Three subspecies of Felis silvestris are shown counting as one species.

The second place in the wild the first place takes the Siberian tiger the largest specimens can weigh nearly 400 kg 880 lb. Bobcats are sometimes referred to as wildcats and are about twice the size of the average house cat. 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.

The Fishing Cat is a good example of this with females being 6-7 kg 14 lbs and males being 11-12 kg 26 lbs. Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big.

Theyre called bobcats because of their bobbed tail. These are medium-sized stocky cats with a body length of about 74 centimetres and are easily identified by their sandy fur distinctive black stripes on the forehead and large ear tufts. The Rusty Spotted Cat is one of the smallest wild cats.

How many species of big cats are there. The liger is not present in the wild but as the largest and heaviest cat takes the first place on our list. Of the worlds total species of wild cats over 80 are small wild cats.

The Leopardus pardalis is a wild cat whose range extends from the southwestern parts of the US to South America. Feral cats can be found behind homes near businesses and in alleys parks and abandoned buildings. Feral cats are elusive and do not trust humans.