Wild cat populations are declining all over the world. Some species have already perished and many more are threatened with extinction. Here is a list of their current IUCN conservation status.
Wild Cat | Status | Subfamily | Genus | Species | Subspecies |
Cheetah – Asiatic | Critically Endangered | Felinae | Acinonyx | jubatus | venaticus |
Cheetah – Northwest African | Critically Endangered | Felinae | Acinonyx | jubatus | hecki |
Leopard – Amur | Critically Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | pardus | orientalis |
Leopard – Arabian | Critically Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | pardus | nimr |
Leopard – Indochinese / Persian | Critically Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | pardus | delacouri |
Tiger – Malayan | Critically Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | tigris | tigris |
Tiger – South China | Critically Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | tigris | tigris |
Tiger – Sumatran | Critically Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | tigris | sondaica |
Leopard Cat | Critically Endangered | Felinae | Prionailurus | bengalensis | iriomotensis |
Leopard – Javan | Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | pardus | meias |
Leopard – P.p.tulliana | Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | pardus | tulliana |
Lion – Asiatic | Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | leo | leo |
Tiger – Bengal / Asia | Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | tigris | tigris |
Tiger – Indochinese | Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | tigris | tigris |
Tiger – Siberian / Amur | Endangered | Pantherinae | Panthera | tigris | tigris |
Andean Mountain Cat | Endangered | Felinae | Leopardus | jacobita | |
Bornean Bay Cat | Endangered | Felinae | Catopuma | badia | |
Flat-headed Cat | Endangered | Felinae | Prionailurus | planiceps | |
Iberian lynx | Endangered | Felinae | Lynx | pardinus | |
Cheetah | Vulnerable | Felinae | Acinonyx | jubatus | |
Clouded Leopard | Vulnerable | Pantherinae | Neofelis | nebulosa | |
Leopard | Vulnerable | Pantherinae | Panthera | pardus | |
Leopard – African | Vulnerable | Pantherinae | Panthera | pardus | pardus |
Leopard – Sri Lankan | Vulnerable | Pantherinae | Panthera | pardus | kotiya |
Lion | Vulnerable | Pantherinae | Panthera | leo | |
Snow Leopard | Vulnerable | Pantherinae | Panthera | uncia | |
Sunda Clouded Leopard | Vulnerable | Pantherinae | Neofelis | diardi | |
African golden cat | Vulnerable | Felinae | Caracal | aurata | |
Black-footed Cat | Vulnerable | Felinae | Felis | nigripes | |
Chinese Mountain Cat | Vulnerable | Felinae | Felis | bieti | |
Fishing Cat | Vulnerable | Felinae | Prionailurus | viverrinus | |
Kodkod | Guina | Vulnerable | Felinae | Leopardus | guigna | |
Oncilla | Vulnerable | Felinae | Leopardus | tigrinus | |
Jaguar | Near Threatened | Pantherinae | Panthera | onca | |
Asian Golden Cat | Near Threatened | Felinae | Catopuma | temminckii | |
Margay | Near Threatened | Felinae | Leopardus | wiedii | |
Rusty-spotted Cat | Near Threatened | Felinae | Prionailurus | rubiginosus | |
Pampas Cat | Near Threatened | Felinae | Leopardus | colocola | |
Marbled Cat | NearThreatened | Felinae | Pardofelis | marmorata | |
Cougar | Least Concern | Felinae | Puma | concolor | |
Bobcat | Least Concern | Felinae | Lynx | rufus | |
Canada lynx | Least Concern | Felinae | Lynx | canadensis | |
Caracal | Least Concern | Felinae | Caracal | caracal | |
Eurasian Lynx | Least Concern | Felinae | Lynx | lynx | |
European Wildcat | Least Concern | Felinae | Felis | silvestris | |
Geoffroy’s Cat | Least Concern | Felinae | Leopardus | geoffroyi | |
Jaguarundi | Least Concern | Felinae | Herpailurus | yagouaroundi | |
Jungle Cat | Least Concern | Felinae | Felis | chaus | |
Leopard Cat | Least Concern | Felinae | Prionailurus | bengalensis | |
Ocelot | Least Concern | Felinae | Leopardus | pardalis | |
Pallas’s Cat | Least Concern | Felinae | Otocolobus | manul | |
Sand Cat | Least Concern | Felinae | Felis | margarita | |
Serval | Least Concern | Felinae | Leptailurus | serval |