Wild Cats Listed By Size

These are medium-sized stocky cats with a body length of about 74 centimetres and are easily identified by their sandy fur distinctive black stripes on the forehead and large ear tufts.

Wild cats listed by size. Bobcats are sometimes referred to as wildcats and are about twice the size of the average house cat. Feral cats can be found behind homes near businesses and in alleys parks and abandoned buildings. Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats.

Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002. How many species of big cats are there. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big.

The liger is not present in the wild but as the largest and heaviest cat takes the first place on our list. The list does not contain cat hybrids such as the liger. It lives in a wide variety of habitats like tropical forests savanna swamps etc.

Theyre called bobcats because of their bobbed tail. Small Cats 19 Species Three subspecies of Felis silvestris are shown counting as one species. This list uses the expanded definition of big cats Where can I find small wild cats in the world.

Feral cats are elusive and do not trust humans. The Sand Cat Felis margarita lives in the deserts of Africa the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia. Its coat is typically golden-red but a wide range of other color varieties are known.

Of the worlds total species of wild cats over 80 are small wild cats. It is native to India Sri Lanka and western Nepal where it stays in deciduous forests and grasslands. Since 2016 its global wild population is listed as Near Threatened as the Rusty Spotted Cats are affected.