Small Wild Cats List

Pallas cat is a small wild cat that lives in the grasslands and steppes of Central Asia.

Small wild cats list. African golden cat Profelis aurata Asian golden cat Catopuma temminckil Asian leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis Black footed cat Felis nigripes Borneo bay cat Pardofelis badia Borneo clouded leopard Borneocat Neofelis diardi. The bottom three cats are the smallest with probably the Rusty-spotted cat pictured above the smallest of all wild cat species but there is not a lot of research so the figures for the rarer wild cats are open to amendment. 41 rows This wild cat species list shows the 40 wild cats in the Felidae family.

The bobcat puma also known as the mountain lion or cougar canada lynx. The black-footed cats are also considered as rare wild cat species. Therefore it is often erroneously assumed that all exotic or non-domesticated cats in captivity pose the same threat to the populace as would a lion or leopard.

Several types of wild cat are found in canada. Another example is the jaguar. Here is a list of the wild cats of North America.

The colocolo includes small wild cats that were previously recognized as three different species. African Golden Cat Andean Mountain Cat Asian Golden Cat Bornean Bay Cat Black-footed Cat Bobcat Canada Lynx Caracal Chinese Desert Cat Eurasian Lynx Fishing Cat Flat-headed Cat Geoffroys Cat Iberian Lynx Jaguarundi Jungle Cat Kodkod Guina Leopard Cat subspecies. Iriomote Cat Marbled Cat Margay Ocelot Oncilla Little Spotted Cat Pallass Cat.

The former group includes the jaguar and the cougar while the latter includes the ocelot the Canadian lynx the bobcat and the jaguarundi. Wild Cat Common Name Wild Cat Species Name Wild Cat Continent Range. They are found in the moist temperate forests of the Andean and Coastal ranges.

KodKod cat has the smallest range among wild cats in the Americas. In Chile they share the range with the Geoffroys cat hence are found less. Geoffroys cats are one of the smallest wild cat species on earth.