Wild Cats Listed By Size

It lives in a wide variety of habitats like tropical forests savanna swamps etc.

Wild cats listed by size. Feral cats are elusive and do not trust humans. The liger is not present in the wild but as the largest and heaviest cat takes the first place on our list. The Asian golden cat is a mid-sized wild cat found in Southeast Asia.

Adult males can grow to around 80 centimetres 25ft in length with a shoulder height of between 40 and 50 centimetres. They are incredibly agile and extraordinary hunters able to climb trees and leap over 3 metres. Sand Cats have wide heads and fur growing between the toes a feature often found in Arctic cats.

Of the worlds total species of wild cats over 80 are small wild cats. Since 2016 its global wild population is listed as Near Threatened as the Rusty Spotted Cats are affected. From the biggest to the smallest there are 38 cat species found worldwide.

The size of the cat ranges from 55 to 100 cm while the tail is around 26 to 45 cm long. 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. Small Cats 19 Species Three subspecies of Felis silvestris are shown counting as one species.

How many species of big cats are there. The Sand Cat Felis margarita lives in the deserts of Africa the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big.

The Rusty-spotted Cat rivals and may exceed the South African Black footed cat Felis nigripes as the worlds smallest wild cat. Their ears paws and long legs are quite similar to those found to be characteristic of the Canadian lynx. Most small wild cats are the size of a domesticated cat.