Small Wild Cats List

In Chile they share the range with the Geoffroys cat hence are found less.

Small wild cats list. 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. Its range is restricted to parts of southern Chile and Argentina. They occur only in central and southern Chile with small population in Argentina.

The smallest wild cats in the world including the Sand cat of the Sahara the Flat-headed cat of Southeast Asia and the Margay of Central. The same is true for the 3 cat breeds listed below. These cats are also known as small-spotted cats and is the smallest African cat.

Similar in appearance to a bobcat. They are found in the moist temperate forests of the Andean and Coastal ranges. Canadian Lynx Lynx canadensis Looks like.

This wild cat species list shows the 40 wild cats in the felidae family with their common names and scientific names species names. Long ear tufts short bobbed tail with a completely black tip large paws and long hind legs. This is the first cat breed on this list that is a hybrid with a hybrid of a domestic and wildcat breed.

Different types of research studies have also proved this fact that these cats are smallest wild cats in the world. Small Wildcats of Europe and Asia. The Leopardus guigna is the smallest species of wild cat living in the Americas.

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. The cheetah and the puma though close in size to the big cats are grouped with the small cats because they cannot roar. Small Wild Cats as Pets.