Wild Cats Listed By Size

The liger is not present in the wild but as the largest and heaviest cat takes the first place on our list.

Wild cats listed by size. Theyre called bobcats because of their bobbed tail. Most small wild cats are the size of a domesticated cat. It is about the size of a domestic cat with thicker and longer fur.

They can be found in Africa Asia North America South America Central America and Europe. 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. Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats.

Sand Cats have wide heads and fur growing between the toes a feature often found in Arctic cats. 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. Feral Cats are the wild offspring of domestic cats and are primarily the result of pet owners abandonment or failure to spay or neuter their animal allowing them to breed uncontrolled.

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. The Leopardus pardalis is a wild cat whose range extends from the southwestern parts of the US to South America. Adult males can grow to around 80 centimetres 25ft in length with a shoulder height of between 40 and 50 centimetres.

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. Feral cats can be found behind homes near businesses and in alleys parks and abandoned buildings. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with.

The Asian golden cat is a mid-sized wild cat found in Southeast Asia. The Rusty-spotted Cat rivals and may exceed the South African Black footed cat Felis nigripes as the worlds smallest wild cat. Bobcats are sometimes referred to as wildcats and are about twice the size of the average house cat.