Big Cat Family List

Onca Near Threatened.

Big cat family list. Wild Cats of Africa. Also interesting to note is that the term Black Panther is an umbrella term used for the black variant of any big cat not to be confused for its own species. All Wild Cat Lists.

List by Endangered Status. As a predator it inhabits wooded areas desert edges semi desert edges and swampland environments. Or in one case only one inaccurate record.

List by Endangered Status. Hodgson says thats one of. Feline family Felidae any of 37 cat species that among others include the cheetah puma jaguar leopard lion lynx tiger and domestic cat.

For some species we have huge numbers of records for others we have few. Cats use several methods to hunt their prey. The Jaguar is the largest cat found in the Americas and the third largest species of cat in the world only the tiger and lion are bigger.

The weight data available is vary variable. The members of this family are built for hunting. They vary in size from the domestic cat to the lion.

The cat family is diverse and includes the familiar domestic cat tigers lions jaguars ocelots caracals pumas leopards lynxes and many other groups of cat. Species in this family are found in all areas of the world except for Australia and Antarctica. Youre probably familiar with Tigers Lions and Leopards but the extended cat family also includes other notable animals such as the Eurasian Lynx Cougar Cheetah Ocelot and the Margay.