Big Cats Species List

The lion is the only truly social cat.

Big cats species list. 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. 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. There are 38 species of cats on the planet. The leopard is an elegant and powerful endangered cat.

Whereas most cats are solitary for most of their lives the lion lives in groups known as prides. The weight data available is vary variable. Tiger Panthera tigris Lion Panthera leo Lion Documentary List.

In these species the epihyal bone part of the voice box is replaced by a ligament. Genetic research has revealed some very interesting things but the results are not set in. There are four big cats that can roar.

The javan leopard panthera pardus melas and the arabian leopard panthera pardus nimr are both critically endangered with. It is the sixth most endangered mammal of big cat species. The lion has a short sandy-colored coat.

Wild Cats of Africa. Jaguar Panthera onca Leopard Panthera pardus Snow Leopard Panthera uncia Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa. No wild cats list would be complete without the lion.