All Big Cats Species

Top Wild Big Cat Species found in India are Tiger Lion Leopard Jaguar Snow Leopard Clouded Leopard Jungle Cat.

All big cats species. In these species the epihyal bone part of the voice box is replaced by a ligament. Another is the Felinae which is the subfamily our own familiar domestic kitties belong to. The list is sorted from the most severe Endangered Status to the least severe according to the IUCN Red List extinction risk categories.

There are 38 species of cats on the planet. Theyre all about fun but arent in need of your undivided attention and dont tend to attach themselves to one person. 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.

Most like the margay are relatively small. Many of the species considered to be big cats are currently threatened with extinction. There are four big cats that can roar.

The Leopard is a species of big cat found in sub-Saharan Africa Asia and parts of Russia. Although the cougar cheetah and Eurasian Lynx are all big cats in terms of physical size only by the loosest definition of the term can they be considered to be true big cats. Note that there are a few multi-continent species and there are no wild cats in Australasia.

The subspecies listed have been assessed. Click on the column heading to sort by that column. This wild cat species list shows the 40 wild cats in the Felidae family - their common and scientific names and the continent where they occur.

The table is grouped by Continent to start. That would be the cheetah. Any regional assessments are indicated otherwise the status shown is at the global level.