Wild Cats List by Continent

This wild cat species list shows the 40 wild cats in the Felidae family - their common and scientific names, and the continent where they occur.

Note there are a few multi-continent species and there are no wild cats in Australasia.

• The table is grouped by Continent to start.
• Click on the other column headings to sort by that column.
• Use the Search bar to filter for a particular term.

Download Wild Cat List by Continent.pdf

See Wild Cat Lists for more lists.

Background image: Wild Cats of the World Poster by Ellen Chester.

References:

• 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.

• IUCN 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. 15 Nov 2022.