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Big cats

Big cats in this database: 5 species, 4 of them threatened, recorded across 115 countries.

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Species filed
5
Threatened
4
Countries recorded
115
With a free photo
100%

All big cats on file

Most looked-up first.

VU, Vulnerable
Lion (Panthera leo)

Lion

Panthera leo

Felidae

NT, Near Threatened
Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Felidae

EN, Endangered
Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Tiger

Panthera tigris

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable
Leopard (Panthera pardus)

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Felidae

Where are big cats recorded?

Species on file in this group with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Tanzania: 3 speciesCanada: 3 speciesUnited States of America: 5 speciesKazakhstan: 1 speciesIndonesia: 2 speciesArgentina: 2 speciesChile: 1 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 3 speciesSomalia: 3 speciesKenya: 4 speciesSudan: 3 speciesChad: 3 speciesRussia: 3 speciesSouth Africa: 4 speciesMexico: 2 speciesUruguay: 1 speciesBrazil: 4 speciesBolivia: 1 speciesPeru: 1 speciesColombia: 1 speciesPanama: 1 speciesCosta Rica: 1 speciesNicaragua: 1 speciesHonduras: 1 speciesEl Salvador: 1 speciesGuatemala: 1 speciesBelize: 1 speciesVenezuela: 1 speciesGuyana: 1 speciesSuriname: 1 speciesFrance: 5 speciesEcuador: 1 speciesZimbabwe: 3 speciesBotswana: 3 speciesNamibia: 5 speciesSenegal: 3 speciesMali: 2 speciesBenin: 3 speciesNiger: 2 speciesNigeria: 3 speciesCameroon: 2 speciesTogo: 1 speciesGhana: 1 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 2 speciesGuinea: 1 speciesLiberia: 1 speciesSierra Leone: 2 speciesBurkina Faso: 1 speciesCentral African Rep.: 2 speciesCongo: 2 speciesGabon: 2 speciesEq. Guinea: 1 speciesZambia: 3 speciesMalawi: 4 speciesMozambique: 3 specieseSwatini: 2 speciesAngola: 3 speciesBurundi: 2 speciesIsrael: 2 speciesLebanon: 1 speciesTunisia: 1 speciesAlgeria: 3 speciesJordan: 1 speciesIraq: 2 speciesOman: 1 speciesCambodia: 2 speciesThailand: 3 speciesLaos: 2 speciesMyanmar: 2 speciesVietnam: 2 speciesSouth Korea: 2 speciesMongolia: 1 speciesIndia: 4 speciesBangladesh: 2 speciesBhutan: 2 speciesNepal: 2 speciesPakistan: 1 speciesAfghanistan: 1 speciesIran: 4 speciesSyria: 1 speciesSweden: 3 speciesUkraine: 1 speciesPoland: 1 speciesAustria: 4 speciesEstonia: 2 speciesGermany: 5 speciesTurkey: 1 speciesSwitzerland: 1 speciesLuxembourg: 1 speciesBelgium: 2 speciesNetherlands: 4 speciesSpain: 3 speciesAustralia: 1 speciesSri Lanka: 2 speciesChina: 3 speciesItaly: 1 speciesDenmark: 5 speciesUnited Kingdom: 4 speciesMalaysia: 2 speciesSlovenia: 1 speciesFinland: 1 speciesCzechia: 4 speciesEritrea: 1 speciesJapan: 4 speciesParaguay: 1 speciesYemen: 1 speciesMorocco: 3 speciesEgypt: 2 speciesLibya: 2 speciesEthiopia: 3 speciesDjibouti: 1 speciesUganda: 3 speciesRwanda: 2 speciesS. Sudan: 2 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. Germany5
  2. Namibia5
  3. United States5
  4. Denmark5
  5. France5
  6. South Africa4
  7. Kenya4
  8. United Kingdom4
  9. India4
  10. Malawi4
  11. Netherlands4
  12. Brazil4
  13. Japan4
  14. Iran4
  15. Austria4
  16. Czechia4
  17. Tanzania3
  18. Benin3
  19. Botswana3
  20. Zambia3

How “big cats” is defined here

A species belongs to this group if it sits anywhere under one of these branches of the classification.

genus Pantheragenus Acinonyxgenus Pumagenus Neofelis

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