Big Cats Species List

All Wild Cat Lists.

Big cats species list. No wild cats list would be complete without the lion. Or in one case only one inaccurate record. The term big cats generally refers to lions tigers leopards and jaguars the four wild cats that roar.

The leopard is an elegant and powerful endangered cat. Below is a list giving some basic data on the 36 species of cats still living in this world with us. Due to new DNA evidence the cat family tree has changed considerably over the last decade.

Big cat species that have a wide range and live in a variety of habitats include leopards mountain lions ocelots and jaguars. Genetic research has revealed some very interesting things but the results are not set in. Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats.

There are 38 species of cats on the planet. Species List Protecting Wildlife WWF. Some people take the view that size is all so include some additional large cats such as cheetah cougar and lynx as a type of big cat.

Wild Cats of Africa. It has well-muscled body thick limbs and broad powerful paws. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx.

Many of the cats have new scientific names some new species have been declared and some species have been reclassified as subspecies. A list of big cats using this definition is shown below. The lion is the only truly social cat.