African Wild Cats List

62 cm tall at the shoulder and has gold fur with dark markings.

African wild cats list. The lion is the only truly social cat. It stands up to 2 ft. They live in diverse habitats including forests swamps and deserts.

They are dark charcoal colored. List of Cats In The Wild. Serval is three to four feet long wild cat believed to be the ancestor of both the cheetah and the lion.

List of the Ten African Wild Cats. Hausa Thomas and Hinton 1921. Jaguar Panthera onca Leopard Panthera pardus Snow Leopard Panthera uncia Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa.

Only the tiger is bigger. The IUCN Red List status Least Concern is attributed to the species Felis silvestris which at the time of assessment also included the African wildcat as a subspecies. Serval is one of the most popular exotic wild cat species in the United States.

List by Common Name. Black-footed Cat One of the smallest wild cats the black-footed cat Inhabits the African countries of South Africa Botswana and Nambia. All Wild Cat Lists.

Acinonyx jubatus The Cheetah is pale tawny brown or grayish white above with oval black spots about 2cm - 4cm in diameter. Some individuals have a blotched pattern but this is rare. Smaller than a big cat and larger than the small cat come the appropriately-named medium cats.