Big Cats Species List

List by Common Name.

Big cats species list. The term big cats generally refers to lions tigers leopards and jaguars the four wild cats that roar. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx. A list of big cats using this definition is shown below.

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. Other big cats including the Siberian tiger Bengal tiger and African lion have more limited ranges and are adapted to fewer habitat types. But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big.

There are 38 species of cats on the planet. Genetic research has revealed some very interesting things but the results are not set in. 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.

Other people consider all species within the subfamily Pantherinae to be big cats. The lion has a short sandy-colored coat. Jaguar Panthera onca Leopard Panthera pardus Snow Leopard Panthera uncia Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa.

In these species the epihyal bone part of the voice box is replaced by a ligament. Only the tiger is bigger. There is also a broader more common definition of big cats that includes cheetahs clouded leopards snow leopards and mountain lions cougars.

Wild Cats of Africa. All Wild Cat Lists. Or in one case only one inaccurate record.