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.

Big cats species list. There are 38 species of cats on the planet. Other people consider all species within the subfamily Pantherinae to be big cats. List by Endangered Status.

Due to new DNA evidence the cat family tree has changed considerably over the last decade. Only the tiger is bigger. 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.

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. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. The term big cats generally refers to lions tigers leopards and jaguars the four wild cats that roar.

No wild cats list would be complete without the lion. Jaguar Panthera onca Leopard Panthera pardus Snow Leopard Panthera uncia Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa. The weight data available is vary variable.

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 Jaguar Panthera onca Leopard Panthera pardus Snow leopard Panthera uncia Sunda clouded leopard Neofelis diardi Clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa. The lion is the worlds second-largest cat species.

All Wild Cat Lists. Or in one case only one inaccurate record. Species List Protecting Wildlife WWF.