Wild Cats Found In India

Apart from the 5 Big cats of India there are medium sized wild cats such as Himalayan catBengal catBombay CatMountain Cat and catlike mammals such as Pogeyan Cat and Indian civet lives in wild Indian forest of Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary and National Parks.

Wild cats found in india. Here is a list of the ten small wild cat species found in asia. The 15 felines that make up this remarkable number are as diverse as the country itself which ranges from sprawling urban centres to sultry jungle deserts and steppe to some of the worlds highest mountains. Pallass Cat is similar in size to a domestic cat weighing between 22 and 41 kg 5 and 9 lb.

The Lions The Tigers and the Leopard along with many other smaller cat species. Jungle cats are the most common small cats in india and are also found in egypt west and central asia south asia sri lanka and southeast asia. It has long shaggy fur.

The other three are the canada lynx the eurasian lynx and the iberian lynx. Jungle cats are solitary in nature. You are fortunate if you have spotted one of these cats.

New Distribution Data from Central India. Sadly over half of all wild cat species are currently threatened. The jungle cat swamp lynx is a medium-small cat and today considered the largest remaining species of the wild cat genus Felis.

And in all of these habitats there are cats. One of the most widespread and common wild cats in India is the Jungle cat. Cats have been one of the oldest known pets to humans and they are equally popular in all parts of the world including India.

Pallass Cat is a small wild cat species found in the steppes of Central Asia from the Caspian Sea eastwards to Mongolia and southern Siberia. This is the first record not only for the wildlife sanctuary but also for central India. Out of 40 species of wild cats found in the world India hosts approximate 15 of them.