List of largest cats explained

This is a list of species in the Felidae family, which aims to evaluate their size, ordered by maximum reported weight and size of wild individuals on record. The list does not contain cat hybrids, such as the liger or tigon.

List

Following list contains size (weight and length) measurements for wild adult males of each species:

RankCommon name Scientific name ImageWeight range (kg)Maximum weight (kg) Length range (m)Maximum length (m)Shoulder height (cm)Native range by continent(s)Range map
1TigerPanthera tigris 126–221[1] 317 (Verified)[2] 387.8 (Unverified)[3] 2.3–3.9[4] 4.0[5] [6] 70–110[7] Asia
2LionPanthera leo 160–195[8] [9] 313 (Verified);[10] [11] [12] 360 (Unverified)2.7–3.5[13] 3.87590–135[14] Africa, Asia
3JaguarPanthera onca 56.1–104.5[15] 148[16] 1.8–2.7[17] 2.8[18] 68–80[19] North and South America
4CougarPuma concolor53.1–71105.2 (Verified)[20] 125.2 (Unverified)[21] 1.5–2.4[22] 2.8[23] 53–88[24] North and South America
5LeopardPanthera pardus30–65.8[25] [26] 108[27] 1.6–2.3[28] 2.75[29] [30] 44–78[31] Africa, Europe and Asia
6CheetahAcinonyx jubatus36.7–54.1[32] [33] 69[34] 1.5–2.3[35] 2.5[36] [37] [38] 77–94[39] Africa, Asia
7Snow leopardPanthera uncia 42[40] 53.8[41] 1.6–2.1[42] 2.5[43] [44] 60–66[45] Asia
8Eurasian lynxLynx lynx17.4–21.738[46] 80–1.3[47] 1.5[48] [49] 60–71[50] Asia, Europe
9BobcatLynx rufus6.4–18.322.2 (Verified)[51] 27 (Unverified)[52] 47.5–1.251.3030–60North America
10Clouded leopardNeofelis nebulosa(diardi)?16–23[53] 261.2–1.6[54] 1.9[55] 46–56[56] Asia
11CaracalCaracal caracal9.8–14.519[57] 0.78–1.081.0840–50[58] Africa, Asia

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Rowland Ward . Records Of Big Game . 1907.
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  5. Web site: Largest Feline Carnivore.
  6. Book: Heptner, V. G. . Mammals of the Soviet Union . 2, Pt. 2: Carnivora (Hyenas and Cats) . 9004088768 . 1989. BRILL .
  7. Web site: Siberian Tiger Dimensions. dimensions.com.
  8. https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/454387/fevo-07-00312-HTML/image_m/fevo-07-00312-t001.jpg
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  10. Book: Wood, G. L. . The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats . 1976 . Guinness Superlatives . 978-0-900424-60-1.
  11. Book: Wood, G. L. . The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats . 1983 . Sterling Publishing . 978-0-85112-235-9 . registration.
  12. Book: University Press of Africa, with contributions from the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry . East Africa Exports and Business/Safari News . Google Books . May 1963 . 18 March 2018.
  13. Web site: African Lion Facts . ZSL.org . Zoological Society of London.
  14. Web site: African Lion . Dimensions.com.
  15. Book: Sunqist . Mel . Sunqist . Fiona . Wild Cats of the World . October 1990 . 0-226-77999-8 . 44. University of Chicago Press .
  16. Web site: Today largest Pantanal jaguar . Imgur.com . 22 November 2023 . en.
  17. Web site: Jaguar . AnimalCorner.org.
  18. Web site: Jaguar . DinoAnimals.com.
  19. Web site: Jaguar dimensions . Dimensions.com.
  20. Web site: 31 January 2023 . Adventures from the Archives: Theodore Roosevelt's World's Record Cougar . 22 November 2023 . Boone and Crockett Club . en.
  21. Book: Hornocker . Maurice . Cougar: Ecology and Conservation . Negri . Sharon . 2009 . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-35347-0 . 18 . en.
  22. Web site: Cougar . bigcatswildcats.com. 27 August 2023 .
  23. Book: Hornocker, Maurice . Cougar: Ecology and Conservation . 2010 . . 978-0-2263-5344-9.
  24. Web site: Cougar dimensions . dimensions.com.
  25. http://www.yemenileopard.org/files/cms/reports/Cat_News_Special_Issue_1_-_Arabian_leopard.pdf
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  30. Book: Brain, C. K. . The Hunter or the Hunted: An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy . 1983 . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-07090-2.
  31. Web site: 5 May 2019 . Leopard Facts . bigcatrescue.org.
  32. Book: Mills . M. G. L. . Kalahari Cheetahs: Adaptations to an Arid Region . Mills . Margie . 2017 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-871214-5 . en.
  33. Semjonov . Aleksandr . 2020 . Evaluation of a fixed-dose combination of butorphanolazaperone-medetomidine (BAM) for chemical immobilisation of African lion, belsbok, and cheetah . Estonian University of Life Sciences . 101.
  34. Web site: Passing of Legolas . 22 November 2023 . Cheetah Conservation Botswana . en.
  35. Web site: All About The Cheetah. seaworld.org.
  36. Web site: 27 Interesting Cheetah Facts . NewInterestingFacts.com . 31 January 2017 . Cheetah's tails can be nearly 3 feet long, or over 80cm long. Taking these measurements together makes some cheetahs nearly 8 feet long, or over 230cm long, from their nose to the tip of their tail.
  37. Web site: About Cheetahs . Cheetah.org . They can measure from 40 to 60 inches in length, measured from the head to the hind quarters. The tail can add a further 24 to 32 inches bringing the total overall length up to 7.5 feet..
  38. Web site: Cheetah . DiscoverWildlife.com.
  39. Web site: Cheetah facts . BigCatRescue.org . 12 March 2016.
  40. Body measurements of free-ranging snow leopards across their range . ResearchGate.
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  46. Web site: Lynx and Bobcat. SanDiegoZoo.org . .
  47. Web site: Eurasian Lynx . WildCatConservation.org . 21 December 2012.
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  53. Book: Francis, Charles . Mammals of South-east Asia . 9 March 2017 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-4729-3796-4 . en.
  54. Web site: Clouded Leopard . animals.sandiegozoo.org.
  55. Web site: 21 December 2012 . Clouded Leopard . wildcatconservation.org.
  56. Web site: Clouded Leopard dimensions . dimensions.com.
  57. Book: Kingdon . Jonathan . Mammals of Africa . Happold . David . Butynski . Thomas . Hoffmann . Michael . Happold . Meredith . Kalina . Jan . 23 May 2013 . A.&C. Black . 978-1-4081-8996-2 . en.
  58. Book: Estes, Richard . The behavior guide to African mammals : including hoofed mammals, carnivores, primates . 1991 . Berkeley, CA . University of California Press . Internet Archive . 978-0-520-05831-6.

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