African Wild Cats List

Acinonyx jubatus The Cheetah is pale tawny brown or grayish white above with oval black spots about 2cm - 4cm in diameter.

African wild cats list. Jungle Cat Felis chaus African Wildcat Felis lybica Sand Cat Felis margarita. The IUCN Red List status Least Concern is attributed to the species Felis silvestris which at the time of assessment also included the African wildcat as a subspecies. Smaller than a big cat and larger than the small cat come the appropriately-named medium cats.

The African wildcat is a small wildcat species native to Africa West and Central Asia up to Rajasthan in India and Xinjiang in China. Here are the three medium-sized wild cats found in Africa. They are dark charcoal colored.

Serval is three to four feet long wild cat believed to be the ancestor of both the cheetah and the lion. List by Endangered Status. Wild Cats of Africa.

Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus Caracal Lineage. List of Cats In The Wild. Lion Panthera leo Leopard Panthera pardus Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus Caracal Caracal caracal African Golden Cat Caracal aurata Serval Leptailurus serval Jungle Cat Felis chaus African Wildcat Felis lybica.

The legs of the serval are the longest in relation to body size of any cat. All Wild Cat Lists. Wild Cats of Africa List by Lineage.

Hausa Thomas and Hinton 1921. The ten wild cats of Africa include three big cats three medium sized cats and four small cats. It stands up to 2 ft.