Meet the Small Cats Discover the world’s 33 small cat species, found on 5 of the globe’s 7 continents.
AMERICAS Weight Diet AFRICA Weight Diet
4kg; 8 lbs Andean Mountain Cat African Golden Cat 6-16 kg; 13-35 lbs Leopardus jacobita (single male) Caracal aurata
Bobcat 4-18 kg; 9-39 lbs African Wildcat 2-7 kg; 4-15 lbs Lynx rufus Felis lybica
Canadian Lynx 5-17 kg; 11-37 lbs Black Footed Cat 1-2 kg; 2-4 lbs Lynx canadensis Felis nigripes
Geo roys' Cat 3-7 kg; 7-15 lbs Caracal 7-26 kg; 16-57 lbs Leopardus georoyi Caracal caracal
Güiña 2-3 kg; 4-6 lbs Sand Cat 2-3 kg; 4-6 lbs Leopardus guigna Felis margarita
Jaguarundi 4-7 kg; 9-15 lbs Serval 6-18 kg; 13-39 lbs Herpailurus yagouaroundi Leptailurus serval
Margay 3-4 kg; 7-9 lbs Leopardus wiedii EUROPE Weight Diet Ocelot 7-18 kg; 16-39 lbs Leopardus pardalis Eurasian Lynx 13-29 kg; 29-64 lbs Lynx lynx Oncilla 2-3 kg; 4-6 lbs Leopardus tigrinus European Wildcat 2-7 kg; 4-15 lbs Felis silvestris Pampas Cat 2-3 kg; 4-6 lbs Leopardus colocola Iberian Lynx 9-15 kg; 20-33 lbs Lynx pardinus Southern Tigrina 1-3 kg; 2-6 lbs Leopardus guttulus
ASIA Weight Diet Weight Diet
Asian Golden Cat 9-15 kg; 20-33 lbs Leopard Cat 1-7 kg; 2-15 lbs Catopuma temminckii Prionailurus bengalensis
2 kg; 4 lbs Bornean Bay Cat Marbled Cat 3-5 kg; 7-11 lbs Pardofelis badia (emaciated female) Pardofelis marmorata
Chinese Mountain Cat 7-9 kg; 16-19 lbs Pallas's Cat 3-5 kg; 7-11 lbs Felis bieti Otocolobus manul
Fishing Cat 6-16 kg; 14-35 lbs Rusty-Spotted Cat 1-2 kg; 2-4 lbs Prionailurus viverrinus Prionailurus rubiginosus
Flat Headed Cat 2-3 kg; 4-6 lbs Sunda Clouded Leopard 12-24 kg; 25-55 lbs Prionailurus planiceps Neofelis diardi
Indochinese Clouded Leopard 12-24 kg; 25-55 lbs Sunda Leopard Cat 3-7 kg; 6-15 lbs Neofelis nebulosa Prionailurus javanensis
Jungle Cat 3-12 kg; 7-26 lbs Felis chaus
IUCN RED LIST STATUS DIET
Rodents Rabbits and Fish and Ungulates and Small Mammals Aquatic Life Larger Prey
Least Near Vulnerable Endangered Critically Extinct in Extinct Birds and Insects and Reptiles and Unknown Concern Threatened Endangered the Wild Eggs Small Vertebrates Invertebrates
Images (left to right): Margay ©Grégory Breton, Sand Cats ©Grégory Breton; Clouded Leopard ©Christian Sperka, Rusty-spotted cat ©Nick Garbutt; Manul ©Christian Sperka
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