Wild Cats Listed By Size

Bobcats are sometimes referred to as wildcats and are about twice the size of the average house cat.

Wild cats listed by size. Many species exhibit some level of sexual dimorphism where there is a noticeable size difference between males and females. Feral cats can be found behind homes near businesses and in alleys parks and abandoned buildings. The second place in the wild the first place takes the Siberian tiger the largest specimens can weigh nearly 400 kg 880 lb.

The Asian golden cat is a mid-sized wild cat found in Southeast Asia. It lives in a wide variety of habitats like tropical forests savanna swamps etc. The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with.

Most small wild cats are the size of a domesticated cat. 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. The list does not contain cat hybrids such as the liger.

Countries in which the species is present include India Cambodia China Bhutan Myanmar Thailand Malaysia and Indonesia The Asian golden cat is over twice the size of a domestic cat. 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. It is about the size of a domestic cat with thicker and longer fur.

From the biggest to the smallest there are 38 cat species found worldwide. How many species of big cats are there. Rank Common name Scientific name Image Weight range kg.

Theyre called bobcats because of their bobbed tail. They are incredibly agile and extraordinary hunters able to climb trees and leap over 3 metres. The Rusty-spotted Cat rivals and may exceed the South African Black footed cat Felis nigripes as the worlds smallest wild cat.