Wild Cats Listed By Size

Feral cats are elusive and do not trust humans.

Wild cats listed by size. 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. 11 rows This list of largest cats shows the 10 largest extant Felidae species ordered by maximum reported weight and size of wild individuals on record. 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.

The liger is not present in the wild but as the largest and heaviest cat takes the first place on our list. Caracals Caracal caracal are a wild cat species found in Africa the Middle East and central Asia in a range of habitats from semi-desert to open savannah. Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats.

It lives in a wide variety of habitats like tropical forests savanna swamps etc. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002.

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. The list does not contain cat hybrids such as the liger. It is about the size of a domestic cat with thicker and longer fur.

Small Cats 19 Species Three subspecies of Felis silvestris are shown counting as one species. Their ears paws and long legs are quite similar to those found to be characteristic of the Canadian lynx. Rusty-spotted cats have a relatively restricted distribution.

The Leopardus pardalis is a wild cat whose range extends from the southwestern parts of the US to South America. Since 2016 its global wild population is listed as Near Threatened as the Rusty Spotted Cats are affected. Feral cats can be found behind homes near businesses and in alleys parks and abandoned buildings.