Big Cat Breeds Wild

The Toyger looks a lot like a tiger and it has a very playful energy.

Big cat breeds wild. Lion leopard snow leopard clouded leopard Sunda clouded leopard African golden cat northern oncilla southern oncilla guina cheetah fishing cat black-footed cat and Chinese mountain cat. So for this list of the biggest cat breeds Ive chosen cats that usually reach 15-20 pounds and tend to be bigger than your average feline. We are also working on a special book with information and photos of all species.

The Oricot has a striking resemblance to the ocelot and it comes in a wide range of colors. Juvenile Pallas cat Otocolobus manul from the front with open mouth. There are 36 species of wild cats.

India is home to the most magnificent wild cat diversity in the world. The Bengal cat has the appearance of a leopard and is generally a big fan of water. There is also a broader more common definition of big cats that includes cheetahs clouded leopards snow leopards and mountain lions cougars.

The Savannah resembles its wild African ancestors and makes for an excellent family pet. The big cat species are one of the most apex predators in the world. The information below is a copy of the overview on our sister website Wild Cats Magazine where the descriptions reside.

We all know about the wild cats such as lions tigers cougars leopards and even jaguars but theres a whole world of small and big cats out there especially a bunch of rare cat breeds that youve probably never heard of. Cougar puma panther catamount and mountain lion are all terms that can be used interchangeably for this the largest of north americas regularly occurring big cats. Obviously there are larger cat breeds out there in the wild but these are the top 7 domesticated kitties.

While there have been cases of this happening for a long. Another wild cat with big ears is the lovely spotted Ocicat. The Panthera onca is the largest wild cat species found in the Americas.