Big Cats Species List

It has well-muscled body thick limbs and broad powerful paws.

Big cats species list. Lion tiger leopard and jaguar all of which belong to the genus Panthera says Stephen Mills. Wild Cats of Africa. The term big cats generally refers to lions tigers leopards and jaguars the four wild cats that roar.

Jaguar Panthera onca Leopard Panthera pardus Snow Leopard Panthera uncia Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa. The leopard is an elegant and powerful endangered cat. Other big cats including the Siberian tiger Bengal tiger and African lion have more limited ranges and are adapted to fewer habitat types.

Tiger Panthera tigris Lion Panthera leo Lion Documentary List. The lion is the worlds second-largest cat species. List by Endangered Status.

A list of big cats using this definition is shown below. Other people consider all species within the subfamily Pantherinae to be big cats. Most like the margay are relatively small.

No wild cats list would be complete without the lion. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. There is also a broader more common definition of big cats that includes cheetahs clouded leopards snow leopards and mountain lions cougars.

Only the tiger is bigger. Species List Protecting Wildlife WWF. For some species we have huge numbers of records for others we have few.