Wild Cats Listed By Size

Rusty-spotted cats have a relatively restricted distribution.

Wild cats listed by size. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big. The list does not contain cat hybrids such as the liger. Theyre called bobcats because of their bobbed tail.

Adult males can grow to around 80 centimetres 25ft in length with a shoulder height of between 40 and 50 centimetres. Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002. Feral cats are elusive and do not trust humans.

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. They can be found in Africa Asia North America South America Central America and Europe. 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.

It is native to India Sri Lanka and western Nepal where it stays in deciduous forests and grasslands. The liger is not present in the wild but as the largest and heaviest cat takes the first place on our list. Bobcats are sometimes referred to as wildcats and are about twice the size of the average house cat.

Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats. The second place in the wild the first place takes the Siberian tiger the largest specimens can weigh nearly 400 kg 880 lb. Of the worlds total species of wild cats over 80 are small wild cats.

The Asian golden cat is a mid-sized wild cat found in Southeast Asia. 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. A Wild Caracal Tehran Times.