Big Cats List With Pictures

The African wildcat Felis silvestris cafra is.

Big cats list with pictures. There are less than 40 known Amur leopards left in the wild. African Golden Cat Caracal aurata 4 male cheetah by Dries Jordaan. Asiatic Golden Cat Pardofelis temminckii Asiatic Golden Cat Closeup by Muzina Shanghai.

Here is a list of the top cat breeds with pictures. Even today big cats such as tigers lions jaguars and leopards keep causing admiration and fear but these magnificent beasts are dwarfed by some of their extinct relatives. The bobcat is a North American member of the big cat family.

The cat is a predator and it is found on almost every part of the world. Longhair or Persian Longhair. But what exactly is a big cat.

Depending on your lifestyle and preferences you could want a cat to sit back and relax with or one that can keep up. Large males can reach weights of over 350 kg 770 lb. Many large cat breeds are cuddly companions for every member of the family.

11 rows This list of largest cats shows the 10 largest extant Felidae species ordered by maximum. The Amur leopard Panthera pardus orientalis is one of the rarest and most endangered big cats. Before man became a hunter and made his way to the top of the food chain the Felidae or cats were the most successful powerful predators in most of the world.

Wild Cats List by Continent This wild cat species list shows the 40 wild cats in the Felidae family - their common and scientific names and the continent where they occur. This page has been fully updated to reflect the latest classification of the cat family Felidae. Note that there are a few multi-continent species and there are no wild cats in Australasia.