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2024 Endangered Cat Species List

IUCN Red List Status of Wild Cats Updated 2024

Species / SubspeciesCommon Name
(Region)		Endangered
Status		Assessment
Published		Population
Trend
EX Extinct
Panthera tigris balicaBali TigerEX2008 not applicable
Panthera tigris sondaicaJavan TigerEX2008 not applicable
Panthera tigris virgataCaspian TigerEX2011not applicable
RE Regionally Extinct
Panthera leoLion (Mediterranean) RE2010not applicable
Panthera tigris Tiger (Mediterranean) RE2010not applicable
CR Critically Endangered
Acinonyx jubatus hecki
Northwest African CheetahCR 2008 decreasing
Acinonyx jubatus venaticus Asiatic CheetahCR2008stable
Leptailurus serval Serval (Mediterranean) CR2010decreasing
Lynx lynx balcanicus Balkan Lynx CR2015stable
Panthera pardusLeopard (Mediterranean)CR 2010 decreasing
Panthera pardus delacouri Indochinese Leopard CR2019decreasing
Panthera tigris amoyensis South China TigerCR 2008 unknown
Panthera tigris jacksoni Malayan Tiger CR2015decreasing
Panthera tigris sumatrae Sumatran TigerCR 2008decreasing
Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensisIriomote Cat CR2015decreasing
EN Endangered
Acinonyx jubatusCheetah (Mediterranean)EN2010 stable
Catopuma badia Borneo Bay CatEN 2016decreasing
Leopardus jacobita Andean CatEN2016decreasing
Lynx lynxEurasian Lynx (Mediterranean)EN2010 decreasing
Lynx pardinusIberian Lynx EN 2015increasing
Neofelis diardi diardiSumatran Clouded LeopardEN 2008 decreasing
Panthera leo persica Asiatic LionEN2008stable
Panthera pardus melas Javan LeopardEN2021decreasing
Panthera tigris TigerEN 2015, 2022 decreasing
Panthera tigris altaica Amur Tiger EN 2011stable
Panthera tigris corbetti Indochinese TigerEN 2011decreasing
Panthera tigris tigris Bengal TigerEN 2011decreasing
Prionailurus planiceps Flat-headed Cat EN2015decreasing
VU Vulnerable
Acinonyx jubatus CheetahVU 2015,2022decreasing
Caracal aurata African Golden Cat VU2015decreasing
Felis bieti Chinese Mountain Cat VU2015, 2022decreasing
Felis nigripes Black-footed CatVU2016decreasing
Leopardus guigna Guiña, KodkodVU2015 decreasing
Leopardus guttulus Southern Tiger CatVU2016decreasing
Leopardus tigrinus Northern Tiger CatVU2016decreasing
Neofelis diardi Sunda Clouded LeopardVU2015decreasing
Neofelis nebulosaMainland Clouded LeopardVU2016, 2021decreasing
Panthera leo LionVU2016decreasing
Panthera pardus LeopardVU2016, 2019a, 2020adecreasing
Panthera pardus kotiya Sri Lankan LeopardVU2020decreasing
Panthera uncia Snow LeopardVU2017decreasing
Prionailurus bengalensis raboriVisayan Leopard Cat VU2008decreasing
Prionailurus viverrinus Fishing CatVU2016decreasing
NT Near Threatened
Caracal caracal Caracal (Mediterranean)NT2010unknown
Catopuma temminckii Asiatic Golden CatNT2015decreasing
Felis margaritaSand Cat (Mediterranean)NT2010unknown
Leopardus colocola Pampas CatNT2016decreasing
Leopardus wiedii MargayNT2015decreasing
Panthera onca JaguarNT2017 decreasing
Pardofelis marmorata Marbled CatNT 2016decreasing
Prionailurus rubiginosus Rusty-spotted CatNT 2016decreasing
LC Least Concern
Caracal caracal CaracalLC2016unknown
Felis chaus Jungle CatLC2016, 2021adecreasing
Felis margarita Sand CatLC2016unknown
Felis lybica Afro-Asiatic WildcatLC 2022unknown
Felis silvestris European WildcatLC2022decreasing
Felis silvestris Wildcat (Europe) LC 2007decreasing
Felis silvestris Wildcat (Mediterranean) LC2010decreasing
Herpailurus yagouaroundi JaguarundiLC2015decreasing
Leopardus geoffroyi Geoffroy’s CatLC2015 stable
Leopardus pardalis OcelotLC2015decreasing
Leptailurus serval ServalLC2015, 2019astable
Lynx canadensis Canada LynxLC2016 stable
Lynx lynx Eurasian LynxLC2015stable
Lynx rufus BobcatLC2016stable
Otocolobus manul Pallas’s Cat, Manul NTLC2016, 2020decreasing
Prionailurus bengalensis Leopard CatLC2015, 2022stable
Puma concolorPuma, Mountain Lion, CougarLC 2015decreasing
DD Data Deficient
Felis chausJungle Cat (Mediterranean)DD 2010decreasing
Species Reclassifed
Felis silvestris WildcatLC2015decreasing

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