There are 24 species of wild cats on the supercontinent of Eurasia of which 5 are considered big cats (4 Panthera species and the Cheetah), leaving 19 small wild cats. 4 of these smaller cats also occur in Africa, 1 … Read More
Cheetahs and Pumas are often included in the general perception of ‘big cats’ however they are in a separate group to the Panthera big cats. Even though in the present day they inhabit different continents, the Cheetah in Africa and … Read More
The Panthera cats are the most well-known of the big cats and are often in the international news. The five wild cats in the Panthera genus are the Snow Leopards and Tigers of Asia; the Jaguars of South America and … Read More
Small wild cat news from the Pampas Cat, Clouded Leopard and African Golden Cat working groups.
The IUCN Cat Specialist Group has added nearly 80 documents on felid research and other wild cat literature to their library as at August 2024, which now totals 15448 documents. The research includes papers on wild cats such as Caracals, … Read More
Small wild cat news about the Manul (Pallas’s Cat) and from the Colocolo Project (Pampas Cat).
African Golden Cat (Caracal aurata) The African Golden Cat is one of the three cats in the Caracal family of cats and its closest relatives are the Caracal and the Serval. All three of these cats are medium-sized and occur … Read More
Serval (Leptailurus serval) The Serval wild cat is one of the three cats in the Caracal family of cats and its closest relatives are the Caracal and African Golden Cat. All three of these cats are medium-sized and occur predominantly … Read More
Caracal (Caracal caracal) The Caracal wild cat is one of the three cats in the Caracal family of cats and its closest relatives are the African Golden Cat and the Serval. We will be covering these three cats in the … Read More
Small wild cat news from the Pampas Cat, Manul (Pallas’s Cat) and Fishing Cat working groups.