Wild Cats Listed By Size

Feral cats can be found behind homes near businesses and in alleys parks and abandoned buildings.

Wild cats listed by size. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big. From the biggest to the smallest there are 38 cat species found worldwide. 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.

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. A Wild Caracal Tehran Times. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with.

Sand Cats have wide heads and fur growing between the toes a feature often found in Arctic cats. Small Cats 19 Species Three subspecies of Felis silvestris are shown counting as one species. Adult males can grow to around 80 centimetres 25ft in length with a shoulder height of between 40 and 50 centimetres.

Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats. 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. 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.

Their ears paws and long legs are quite similar to those found to be characteristic of the Canadian lynx. It lives in a wide variety of habitats like tropical forests savanna swamps etc. They are incredibly agile and extraordinary hunters able to climb trees and leap over 3 metres.

Rank Common name Scientific name Image Weight range kg. The Sand Cat Felis margarita lives in the deserts of Africa the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia. Rusty-spotted cats have a relatively restricted distribution.