Big cats

Cheetah Vulnerable · About 21-65 kg The fastest land animal, a slender daytime sprinter of African grassland and Iranian desert, listed as Vulnerable. Clouded leopard Vulnerable · About 11.5-23 kg A tree-climbing forest cat of the Himalayan foothills and mainland Southeast Asia with huge canines and cloud-shaped markings, listed as Vulnerable. Cougar Least Concern · Males about 53-72 kg, females about 34-48 kg A large tawny cat with the widest range of any wild land mammal in the Americas, from the Yukon to Patagonia, listed as Least Concern. Jaguar Near Threatened · Typically 56-96 kg; the largest males exceed 130 kg The largest cat in the Americas, a powerful swimmer and ambusher of the forests and wetlands, listed as Near Threatened. Leopard Vulnerable · Males about 30-70 kg, females about 20-45 kg The most widespread wild cat in Africa and Asia, a stealthy climber that adapts to many habitats and is listed as Vulnerable. Lion Vulnerable · Males about 160-225 kg, females about 110-145 kg The only truly social big cat, living in prides on African grasslands and in one forest in India, and listed as Vulnerable. Snow leopard Vulnerable · 22-55 kg A pale, thick-furred big cat of the high mountains of Central and South Asia, listed as Vulnerable. Sunda clouded leopard Vulnerable · About 12-26 kg A darker, smaller-clouded relative of the clouded leopard found only on Borneo and Sumatra, listed as Vulnerable. Tiger Endangered · Males about 100-260 kg, females about 75-160 kg, varying with region The largest living cat, a striped forest hunter of Asia, now confined to a small fraction of its old range and listed as Endangered.

Population figures are estimates from the year shown and change as surveys are repeated.