Wild Cats Listed By Size

Since 2016 its global wild population is listed as Near Threatened as the Rusty Spotted Cats are affected.

Wild cats listed by size. The Rusty Spotted Cat is one of the smallest wild cats. They can be found in Africa Asia North America South America Central America and Europe. From the biggest to the smallest there are 38 cat species found worldwide.

Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. Rusty-spotted cats have a relatively restricted distribution.

The second place in the wild the first place takes the Siberian tiger the largest specimens can weigh nearly 400 kg 880 lb. They are incredibly agile and extraordinary hunters able to climb trees and leap over 3 metres. 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.

Many species exhibit some level of sexual dimorphism where there is a noticeable size difference between males and females. The Leopardus pardalis is a wild cat whose range extends from the southwestern parts of the US to South America. Most small wild cats are the size of a domesticated cat.

This list uses the expanded definition of big cats Where can I find small wild cats in the world. Rank Common name Scientific name Image Weight range kg. Of the worlds total species of wild cats over 80 are small wild cats.

It is about the size of a domestic cat with thicker and longer fur. Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats. The definition of which species are big cats varies between different organisations with some considering just the five species in the Panthera genus to be big cats and others including pumas also known as mountain lions and cougars and cheetahs.