Wild Cats Listed By Size

The Rusty Spotted Cat is one of the smallest wild cats.

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. Rusty-spotted cats have a relatively restricted distribution. Rank Common name Scientific name Image Weight range kg.

Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002. 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. Small Cats 19 Species Three subspecies of Felis silvestris are shown counting as one species.

But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big. 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. Since 2016 its global wild population is listed as Near Threatened as the Rusty Spotted Cats are affected.

Sand Cats have wide heads and fur growing between the toes a feature often found in Arctic cats. It is native to India Sri Lanka and western Nepal where it stays in deciduous forests and grasslands. 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.

It lives in a wide variety of habitats like tropical forests savanna swamps etc. The Sand Cat Felis margarita lives in the deserts of Africa the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia. 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.

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. They are incredibly agile and extraordinary hunters able to climb trees and leap over 3 metres.