Big Cats Species List

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

Big cats species list. North African leopard with possibly a handful surviving in the wild the North African leopard is one of the most threatened of the leopard subspecies. Only the tiger is bigger. List by Endangered Status.

Tiger Panthera tigris Lion Panthera leo Lion Documentary List. Species List Protecting Wildlife WWF. For some species we have huge numbers of records for others we have few.

Lion tiger leopard and jaguar all of which belong to the genus Panthera says Stephen Mills. Other people consider all species within the subfamily Pantherinae to be big cats. 11 rows This list of largest cats shows the 10 largest extant Felidae species ordered by.

But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx. Unfortunately amur leopards are one of the worlds most endangered big cats. The lion has a short sandy-colored coat.

Due to new DNA evidence the cat family tree has changed considerably over the last decade. Wild Cats of Africa. In these species the epihyal bone part of the voice box is replaced by a ligament.

41 rows List by Common Name. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. List by Common Name.