Big Cats Species List

List by Endangered Status.

Big cats species list. For some species we have huge numbers of records for others we have few. 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. It is the sixth most endangered mammal of big cat species.

There is also a broader more common definition of big cats that includes cheetahs clouded leopards snow leopards and mountain lions cougars. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. Other people consider all species within the subfamily Pantherinae to be big cats.

Other big cats including the Siberian tiger Bengal tiger and African lion have more limited ranges and are adapted to fewer habitat types. There are four big cats that can roar. Jaguar Panthera onca Leopard Panthera pardus Snow Leopard Panthera uncia Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa.

Whereas most cats are solitary for most of their lives the lion lives in groups known as prides. Big cat species that have a wide range and live in a variety of habitats include leopards mountain lions ocelots and jaguars. Tiger Panthera tigris Lion Panthera leo Lion Documentary List.

Many of the cats have new scientific names some new species have been declared and some species have been reclassified as subspecies. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big. Then there are a whole range of different types of big cats that have been bred by humans as hybrid animals leopon liger tigon and more but these have been left out of this list.

List by Common Name. Genetic research has revealed some very interesting things but the results are not set in. No wild cats list would be complete without the lion.