Big Cats Species List

For some species we have huge numbers of records for others we have few.

Big cats species list. There are 38 species of cats on the planet. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx. 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.

But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big. 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.

All Wild Cat Lists. Due to new DNA evidence the cat family tree has changed considerably over the last decade. List by Common Name.

Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats. It is the sixth most endangered mammal of big cat species. The term big cats generally refers to lions tigers leopards and jaguars the four wild cats that roar.

Other people consider all species within the subfamily Pantherinae to be big cats. 41 rows List by Common Name. Most like the margay are relatively small.

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 only truly social cat. A list of big cats using this definition is shown below.