Types of Felines – Species

There are several species of felines that remain on the Earth today. While they are all similar in basic ways, there are enough differences for them to each have their own category as well as name.

Feline Species Overview

Asian Golden Cat

Unusually for cats of their type, the Asian golden cat can display a wide variety of markings and pelage.

Caracal

The caracal is a highly solitary creature that maintains a large and well-defended territory.

Cheetah

The thing that people know the best about cheetahs, is that they can run faster than any other land mammal.

– Clouded Leopard

Clouded leopards are to be found throughout the vast majority of the Himalayan foothills.

Cougarfeline_resting

The cougar has a wider distribution than any other animal in the Americas, and can be found everywhere from the north of Yukon to the southern Andes.

Domestic Cat

They’re often fairly vocal creatures, communicating via purrs, trills, hisses, growls and mews as well as body language and pheromones.

Jaguar

Jaguars have also frequently been observed engaging in play behaviour, though usually only among juvenile sibling groups.

Leopard

Their distinctive ‘rosette’ style spots are a major fashion statement; the lore that surrounds them is widespread and popular.

Lion

Lionesses are, by nature, more aggressive than male lions. As such, they hunt in groups to feed the entire pride – leaving the males to stay at care the young.

Lynx

What is known as a ‘lynx’ is actually any one of four distinct species: the Eurasian lynx, Canada Lynx, Iberian lynx and Bobcat.

Ocelot

Ocelots are distributed extensively throughout South America and in some cases Central America, too.

Serval

Servals, like most cats, are solitary, nocturnal animals. They keep and defend large territories, and they’ll sometimes walk for miles while on their nightly hunts.

Snow Leopard

Their tails are extremely long in relation to their bodies, which are usually rather short when compared to the builds of other big cats.

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