Big Cats Species List

In these species the epihyal bone part of the voice box is replaced by a ligament.

Big cats species list. Many of the cats have new scientific names some new species have been declared and some species have been reclassified as subspecies. All Wild Cat Lists. 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.

Big cat species that have a wide range and live in a variety of habitats include leopards mountain lions ocelots and jaguars. Tiger Panthera tigris Lion Panthera leo Lion Documentary List. Wild Cats of Africa.

Only the tiger is bigger. It is the sixth most endangered mammal of big cat species. There are four big cats that can roar.

The lion is the worlds second-largest cat species. There are 38 species of cats on the planet. Other people consider all species within the subfamily Pantherinae to be big cats.

The weight data available is vary variable. There is also a broader more common definition of big cats that includes cheetahs clouded leopards snow leopards and mountain lions cougars. Due to new DNA evidence the cat family tree has changed considerably over the last decade.

The lion is the only truly social cat. List by Endangered Status. North African leopard with possibly a handful surviving in the wild the North African leopard is one of the most threatened of the leopard subspecies.