Cat Species

IUCN Red List Status

Subspecies often lumped under Panthera pardus (Leopard) Older subspecies page: Panthera pardus ssp. orientalis (2007).

Andean Cat – Leopardus jacobita – Endangered

Asiatic Golden Cat – Catopuma temminckii – Near Threatened

Bay Cat – Catopuma badia – Endangered

Black-Footed Cat – Felis nigripes – Vulnerable

Bobcat – Lynx rufus – Least Concern

Canada Lynx – Lynx canadensis – Least Concern

Caracal – Caracal caracal – Least Concern

Cheetah – Acinonyx jubatus – Vulnerable

Chinese Mountain Cat – Felis bieti – Vulnerable

Clouded Leopard – Neofelis nebulosa – Vulnerable

Cougar – Puma concolor – Least Concern

No threat assessment as a wild taxon. Often lumped within Felis silvestris on IUCN. (Effectively “Not Evaluated” / “Domesticated”)

Fishing Cat – Prionailurus viverrinus – Vulnerable

Flat-Headed Cat – Prionailurus planiceps – Endangered

Geoffroy’s Cat – Leopardus geoffroyi – Least Concern

African Golden Cat – Caracal aurata – Vulnerable

No official IUCN listing (hybrids are not evaluated as distinct species).

Iberian Lynx – Lynx pardinus – Endangered (was CR in older listings)

Jaguar – Panthera onca – Near Threatened

Jaguarundi – Herpailurus yagouaroundi – Least Concern

Jungle Cat – Felis chaus – Least Concern

Kodkod – Leopardus guigna – Vulnerable

Leopard – Panthera pardus – Vulnerable

Leopard Cat – Prionailurus bengalensis – Least Concern

Lion – Panthera leo – Vulnerable

Eurasian Lynx – Lynx lynx – Least Concern

Margay – Leopardus wiedii – Near Threatened

Marbled Cat – Pardofelis marmorata – Near Threatened

Ocelot – Leopardus pardalis – Least Concern

Pallas’s Cat – Otocolobus manul – Least Concern

Pampas Cat – Leopardus colocola – (Taxonomy revised, often NT)Often considered part of the Leopardus colocola (Pampas Cat) complex. No separate IUCN page under braccatus.

Rusty-Spotted Cat – Prionailurus rubiginosus – Near ThreatenedSand Cat – Felis margarita – Least Concern

Serval – Leptailurus serval – Least Concern

Snow Leopard – Panthera uncia – Vulnerable (was EN in older listings)

Sometimes split from Oncilla/Tigrina complex.

Believed Vulnerable

Tiger – Panthera tigris – Endangered

Oncilla/Tigrina – Leopardus tigrinus – Listed as Vulnerable or NT (complex split)

Wildcat – Felis silvestris – Least Concern