Wild Cats Listed By Size

Many species exhibit some level of sexual dimorphism where there is a noticeable size difference between males and females.

Wild cats listed by size. They are incredibly agile and extraordinary hunters able to climb trees and leap over 3 metres. The Sand Cat Felis margarita lives in the deserts of Africa the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia. Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002.

Its coat is typically golden-red but a wide range of other color varieties are known. The size of the cat ranges from 55 to 100 cm while the tail is around 26 to 45 cm long. A Wild Caracal Tehran Times.

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. Of the worlds total species of wild cats over 80 are small wild cats. Adult males can grow to around 80 centimetres 25ft in length with a shoulder height of between 40 and 50 centimetres.

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. The liger is not present in the wild but as the largest and heaviest cat takes the first place on our list. Rusty-spotted cats have a relatively restricted distribution.

The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats. 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.

Feral cats are elusive and do not trust humans. The Asian golden cat is a mid-sized wild cat found in Southeast Asia. Rank Common name Scientific name Image Weight range kg.