Big Cats

One of the more ancient but overlooked species of cat, the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is found throughout the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India to south China and southeast Asia. They’re called ‘leopards’ even though they belong to a different genus and aren’t part of the Panthera genus. This is because of the […]

Tiger Height & Length Tigers are large, carnivorous cats native to Asia. They are known for their distinctive orange and black striped fur and are the largest wild cats in the world.  Tigers are apex predators, which means that they are at the top of the food chain and have no natural predators of their

Siberian Tiger Height & Length The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris Tigris) is the largest tiger subspecies. This population of tigers is endemic to the Russian Far East, Northeast China, and maybe North Korea.  They are also known as the “Amur tiger”, “Korean tiger”, and “Ussurian tiger”. The Siberian tigers may grow to be 3.7 meters

Saber Tooth Tiger Height & Length The saber-tooth tiger, also known as the saber-toothed cat or Smilodon, was a fossilized mammal that lived in the Pleistocene era (about 2.5 million to 11,000 years ago). It was a large carnivorous cat with distinctively long canines that were used to kill and tear apart prey, hence the

Mountain Lion/Cougar Height & Length The cougar, Puma concolor, is a huge cat that is indigenous to America. They are known by a variety of common names, including panther, catamount, mountain lion, and puma (for the Florida sub-population).  They are swift and slender members of the Felidae family. It is the second-largest cat in the

Lion Height & Length We have always heard about the power and pride of the king of the jungle, the lion, in almost all the story books.  However, have you ever thought of why the Lion is said to be the “king of the jungle”? The phrase “king of the jungle” likely originated as a

Jaguar Height & Length The Jaguar, Panthera onca, is a huge cat species and the only extant member of the Panthera genus endemic to the Americas. It is the biggest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world, with a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in). 

Barbary Lion Height & Length Barbary lions were once native to North Africa, including the Atlas Mountains but are now extinct in the wild. They’re one of the largest lion subspecies.  This big cat measures one meter in height at the shoulder and up to three and a half meters in length. They are exceptionally