Wild Cats Listed By Size

How many species of big cats are there.

Wild cats listed by size. Small Cats 19 Species Three subspecies of Felis silvestris are shown counting as one species. Sand Cats have wide heads and fur growing between the toes a feature often found in Arctic cats. The size of the cat ranges from 55 to 100 cm while the tail is around 26 to 45 cm long.

The Rusty-spotted Cat rivals and may exceed the South African Black footed cat Felis nigripes as the worlds smallest wild cat. Feral cats can be found behind homes near businesses and in alleys parks and abandoned buildings. Many species exhibit some level of sexual dimorphism where there is a noticeable size difference between males and females.

Most small wild cats are the size of a domesticated cat. The Rusty Spotted Cat is one of the smallest wild cats. 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.

A Wild Caracal Tehran Times. 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.

The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big. Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats.

Their ears paws and long legs are quite similar to those found to be characteristic of the Canadian lynx. Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002. 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.