Wild Cats Listed By Size

Its coat is typically golden-red but a wide range of other color varieties are known.

Wild cats listed by size. Rank Common name Scientific name Image Weight range kg. The list does not contain cat hybrids such as the liger. From the biggest to the smallest there are 38 cat species found worldwide.

Caracals Caracal caracal are a wild cat species found in Africa the Middle East and central Asia in a range of habitats from semi-desert to open savannah. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. The Fishing Cat is a good example of this with females being 6-7 kg 14 lbs and males being 11-12 kg 26 lbs.

Bobcats are sometimes referred to as wildcats and are about twice the size of the average house cat. Being one of the lesser studied South Asian carnivores it has been listed as vulnerable by IUCN only in 2002. It is native to India Sri Lanka and western Nepal where it stays in deciduous forests and grasslands.

Sand Cats have wide heads and fur growing between the toes a feature often found in Arctic cats. Most small wild cats are the size of a domesticated cat. Feral cats are elusive and do not trust humans.

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

Feral cats can be found behind homes near businesses and in alleys parks and abandoned buildings. It is about the size of a domestic cat with thicker and longer fur. Of the worlds total species of wild cats over 80 are small wild cats.