Wild Cats List by Continent

This wild cat species list shows the 45 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 list 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.

See Wild Cat Lists for more lists and here is a list of just the Big Cats by Continent.

Background image: Chart of Big Cats by UniCheek on Etsy.

References:

• • Mammal Diversity Database. 2025. Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.3) [Felidae]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17033774

  • IUCN 2025. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. 10 Nov 2025.

  • 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.