27/09/2018 List of Ten Wild Cat Species of Africa ~ Cats For Africa Wild Cat Common name Subspecies Scientific name IUCN Red List Status 1. Lion Panthera leo leo - Central and West Africa and India Panthera leo Panthera leo melanochaita - Southern and Eastern Africa Vulnerable (VU) 2. Leopard Panthera pardus pardus - Africa Panthera pardus Panthera pardus tulliana - South West Asia Vulnerable (VU) Panthera pardus fusca - India Panthera pardus kotiya - Sri Lanka Panthera pardus delacouri - South East Asia Panthera pardus orientalis - Eastern Asia Panthera pardus melas - Java Panthera pardus nimr - Arabia 3. Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus jubatus - Southern and Eastern Africa Acinonyx jubatus Acinonyx jubatus hecki - West and North Africa Vulnerable (VU) Acinonyx jubatus soemmerringi - North East Africa Acinonyx jubatus venaticus - South West Asia and India 4. Caracal Caracal caracal caracal - Southern and East Africa Caracal caracal Caracal caracal nubicus - North and West Africa Least Concern (LC) Caracal caracal schmitzi - Middle East to India 5. Serval Leptailurus serval serval - Southern Africa Leptailurus serval Leptailurus serval constantina - West and Central Africa Least Concern (LC) Leptailurus serval lipostictus - East Africa Endemic to Africa https://www.catsforafrica.co.za/list-of-ten-wild-cat-species-of-africa/ 1/2 27/09/2018 List of Ten Wild Cat Species of Africa ~ Cats For Africa Caracal aurata aurata - East and Central Africa 6. African Golden Cat Caracal aurata celidogaster - West Africa Caracal aurata Vulnerable (VU) Endemic to Africa 7. Jungle Cat Felis chaus chaus - Egypt and Middle East to Turkestan, Felis chaus Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan Felis chaus affinis - East Afghanistan, Indian subcontinent Least Concern (LC) and Sri Lanka Felis chaus fulvidina - SE Asia, including China 8. African & Asiatic Wildcat Felis lybica lybica - East, West and North Africa to the Felis lybica Middle East Felis lybica cafra - Southern Africa Least Concern (LC) Felis lybica ornata - Asian range 9. Sand Cat Felis margarita margarita - North Africa Felis margarita Felis margarita thinobia - Southwest Asia and Arabian Peninsula Least Concern (LC) 10. Black-footed Cat None Felis nigripes Vulnerable (VU) Endemic to Africa References IUCN Red List Status: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-1. @June 2018. http://www.iucnredlist.org/. Taxonomy: Kitchener et al. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN / SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11, 80pp. https://www.catsforafrica.co.za/list-of-ten-wild-cat-species-of-africa/ 2/2.