Big Cats Endangered Species List

West African lion Panthera leo senegalensis Critically Endangered.

Big cats endangered species list. List of endangered big cats. Around the world big cats are among the most recognized and admired animals at the top of the food chain. According to the IUCN all 36 of the listed cat species have a negative global population trend.

Sadly these beautiful guys and gals only have a population of 48 to 50 individual leopards left in the wilds of Russia. Many big cat species are endangered. 48 rows Species.

The table is grouped by continent to start. The South Arabian leopard is listed the eight most endangered big cat and it is also the smallest leopard subspecies. Wild Cats of Africa.

Many wild cats including big cats and small wild cats are currently listed as Critically Endangered Endangered or Near Threatened. Learn more about the species we are working to protecting from becoming endangered or extinct. Of the populations of 40 wild cat species roughly 80 percent are now shrinking.

Onca Near Threatened. South china tiger panthera tigris ssp. 16 are considered vulnerable endangered andor critically-endangered.

Sadly over half of all wild cat species are currently threatened. According to the IUCN Red Lists global status of the 38 existing species of wild cats Felidae five are Endangered. A subspecies of Asiatic cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus venaticus are the worlds most critically endangered big cats.