Big Cats Species List

11 rows This list of largest cats shows the 10 largest extant Felidae species ordered by.

Big cats species list. North African leopard with possibly a handful surviving in the wild the North African leopard is one of the most threatened of the leopard subspecies. Many of the cats have new scientific names some new species have been declared and some species have been reclassified as subspecies. The lion is the worlds second-largest cat species.

The weight data available is vary variable. Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats. Then there are a whole range of different types of big cats that have been bred by humans as hybrid animals leopon liger tigon and more but these have been left out of this list.

There are 38 species of cats on the planet. Genetic research has revealed some very interesting things but the results are not set in. It is the sixth most endangered mammal of big cat species.

Species List Protecting Wildlife WWF. Wild Cats of Africa. There is also a broader more common definition of big cats that includes cheetahs clouded leopards snow leopards and mountain lions cougars.

Whereas most cats are solitary for most of their lives the lion lives in groups known as prides. The lion is the only truly social cat. And some wild cats occupy enormous ranges geographic distribution such as the puma cougar which occupies the biggest range of any terrestrial mammal in the western hemisphere see Puma Cat Range.

List by Endangered Status. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx. In these species the epihyal bone part of the voice box is replaced by a ligament.