Top 10 Lesser Known Species Of the Feline (Cat) Family
It is the largest member of the Lynx genus. I love its tufted ears. It's just a small tiger. With tufted ears.
A medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia, the Caracal is known for its agility and leaping ability. It has distinctive long, black-tufted ears and primarily preys on birds, rodents, and small mammals. (aka Desert Lynx, or Persian Lynx).
It's found in Africa, Middle East, and central and southwestern Asia.
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), also known as the ounce, is a felid in the genus Panthera native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the global population is estimated to number fewer than 10,000 mature individuals and is expected to decline about 10% by 2040. It is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction following infrastructural developments. It inhabits alpine and subalpine zones at elevations of 3,000–4,500 m (9,800–14,800 ft), ranging from eastern Afghanistan, the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau to southern Siberia, Mongolia and western China. In the northern part of its range, it also lives at lower elevations. ...read more. It's a large long-haired Asian cat that lives in the mountains of central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Snow Leopard has a dense insulating undercoat and a thick outercoat of hairs about 5 cm (2 inches) long.
Of course I know what they are due to the WFF commercials shoving messages down our throats saying you need to symbolically adopt a snow leopard to prevent them from going extinct.
These are almost extinct. It is the most endangered feline - as of 2013 possibly fewer than 300 individuals remained (in southern Spain).
The Siberian tiger, also known as the Amur tiger, is a tiger population inhabiting mainly the Sikhote Alin mountain region with a small population in southwest Primorye Province in the Russian Far East.
Native to the foothills of the Himalayas and parts of China and Southeast Asia, the Clouded Leopard is known for its beautiful cloud-like spots on its coat. It's an agile climber and spends much of its time in trees. It preys on a variety of animals including small mammals and birds. They live in southeastern Asia, and islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Clouded Leopards look different, they probably diverged about 1.4 million years ago.
The ocelot, also known as the dwarf leopard, is a wild cat distributed extensively within South America including the islands of Trinidad and Margarita, Central America, and Mexico. It has been reported as far north as Texas. It's found from Texas southward to northern Argentina.
It is a zoo-bred hybrid - offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
The serval is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa. It is recognized for its distinctive coat, featuring a tawny background with bold black spots and stripes. Servals have a slender body, long legs, and large ears with excellent hearing capabilities. They are adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle, often found near wetlands or marshes. Servals are skilled hunters, preying on a variety of small animals like rodents, birds, and amphibians. They are known for their unique hunting technique of leaping into the air to catch birds in flight. Despite their striking appearance, servals are elusive creatures that are rarely seen in the wild. It lives in Africa
The bobcat is a North American cat that appeared during the Irvingtonian stage of around 1.8 million years ago. One of the short-tailed wild cats, found from southern Canada to southern Mexico. It's like the smaller cousin of Canada lynx.
The sand cat (Felis margarita), also known as the sand dune cat, is the only cat living chiefly in true deserts. This small cat is widely distributed in the deserts of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Starting in 2002, it was listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List because the ...read more.