IUCN Red List Status of Wild Cats Updated 2024

EX Extinct

Panthera tigris balica Bali Tiger EX 2008 not applicable

Panthera tigris sondaica Javan Tiger EX 2008 not applicable

Panthera tigris virgata Caspian Tiger EX 2011 not applicable

RE Regionally Extinct

Panthera leo Lion (Mediterranean) RE 2010 not applicable

Panthera tigris Tiger (Mediterranean) RE 2010 not applicable

CR Critically Endangered

Acinonyx jubatus hecki Northwest African Cheetah CR 2008 decreasing

Acinonyx jubatus venaticus Asiatic Cheetah CR 2008 stable

Leptailurus serval Serval (Mediterranean) CR 2010 decreasing

Lynx lynx balcanicus Balkan Lynx CR 2015 stable

Panthera pardus Leopard (Mediterranean) CR 2010 decreasing

Panthera pardus delacouri Indochinese Leopard CR 2019 decreasing

Panthera tigris amoyensis South China Tiger CR 2008 unknown

Panthera tigris jacksoni Malayan Tiger CR 2015 decreasing

Panthera tigris sumatrae Sumatran Tiger CR 2008 decreasing

Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis Iriomote Cat CR 2015 decreasing

EN Endangered

Acinonyx jubatus Cheetah (Mediterranean) EN 2010 stable

Catopuma badia Borneo Bay Cat EN 2016 decreasing

Leopardus jacobita Andean Cat EN 2016 decreasing

Lynx lynx Eurasian Lynx (Mediterranean) EN 2010 decreasing

Lynx pardinus Iberian Lynx EN 2015 increasing

Neofelis diardi diardi Sumatran Clouded Leopard EN 2008 decreasing

Panthera leo persica Asiatic Lion EN 2008 stable

Panthera pardus melas Javan Leopard EN 2021 decreasing

Panthera tigris Tiger EN 2015, 2022 decreasing

Panthera tigris altaica Amur Tiger EN 2011 stable

Panthera tigris corbetti Indochinese Tiger EN 2011 decreasing

Panthera tigris tigris Bengal Tiger EN 2011 decreasing

Prionailurus planiceps Flat-headed Cat EN 2015 decreasing

VU Vulnerable

Acinonyx jubatus Cheetah VU 2015,2022 decreasing

Caracal aurata African Golden Cat VU 2015 decreasing

Felis bieti Chinese Mountain Cat VU 2015, 2022 decreasing

Felis nigripes Black-footed Cat VU 2016 decreasing

Leopardus guigna Guiña, Kodkod VU 2015 decreasing

Leopardus guttulus Southern Tiger Cat VU 2016 decreasing

Leopardus tigrinus Northern Tiger Cat VU 2016 decreasing

Neofelis diardi Sunda Clouded Leopard VU 2015 decreasing

Neofelis nebulosa Mainland Clouded Leopard VU 2016, 2021 decreasing

Panthera leo Lion VU 2016 decreasing

Panthera pardus Leopard VU 2016, 2019a, 2020a decreasing

Panthera pardus kotiya Sri Lankan Leopard VU 2020 decreasing

Panthera uncia Snow Leopard VU 2017 decreasing

Prionailurus bengalensis rabori Visayan Leopard Cat VU 2008 decreasing

Prionailurus viverrinus Fishing Cat VU 2016 decreasing

NT Near Threatened

Caracal caracal Caracal (Mediterranean) NT 2010 unknown

Catopuma temminckii Asiatic Golden Cat NT 2015 decreasing

Felis margarita Sand Cat (Mediterranean) NT 2010 unknown

Leopardus colocola Pampas Cat NT 2016 decreasing

Leopardus wiedii Margay NT 2015 decreasing

Panthera onca Jaguar NT 2017 decreasing

Pardofelis marmorata Marbled Cat NT 2016 decreasing

Prionailurus rubiginosus Rusty-spotted Cat NT 2016 decreasing

LC Least Concern

Caracal caracal Caracal LC 2016 unknown

Felis chaus Jungle Cat LC 2016, 2021a decreasing

Felis margarita Sand Cat LC 2016 unknown

Felis lybica Afro-Asiatic Wildcat LC 2022 unknown

Felis silvestris European Wildcat LC 2022 decreasing

Felis silvestris Wildcat (Europe) LC 2007 decreasing

Felis silvestris Wildcat (Mediterranean) LC 2010 decreasing

Herpailurus yagouaroundi Jaguarundi LC 2015 decreasing

Leopardus geoffroyi Geoffroy's Cat LC 2015 stable

Leopardus pardalis Ocelot LC 2015 decreasing

Leptailurus serval Serval LC 2015, 2019a stable

Lynx canadensis Canada Lynx LC 2016 stable

Lynx lynx Eurasian Lynx LC 2015 stable

Lynx rufus Bobcat LC 2016 stable

Otocolobus manul Pallas's Cat, Manul NT LC 2016, 2020 decreasing

Prionailurus bengalensis Leopard Cat LC 2015, 2022 stable

Puma concolor Puma, Mountain Lion, Cougar LC 2015 decreasing

DD Data Deficient

Felis chaus Jungle Cat (Mediterranean) DD 2010 decreasing

Species Reclassifed

Felis silvestris Wildcat LC 2015 decreasing