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Medium wild cats
African golden cat A rarely seen, powerfully built rainforest cat of West and Central Africa, listed as Vulnerable and now placed in the caracal genus. Asian golden cat A medium-sized forest cat of South and Southeast Asia that comes in many colours, uplisted to Vulnerable in 2025. Bobcat A small-eared, short-tailed North American cat that thrives from northern forests to desert and suburbs, listed as Least Concern. Canada lynx A snowshoe-footed cat of the northern forests of North America whose numbers rise and fall with those of the snowshoe hare, listed as Least Concern. Caracal A long-legged, tuft-eared cat of Africa, the Middle East and India, famous for leaping to catch birds, and listed as Least Concern. Eurasian lynx The largest of the four lynx, a tufted-eared forest cat of Europe and northern Asia that has returned to several countries it had left. Fishing cat A stocky, partly webbed-footed cat of South and Southeast Asian wetlands that hunts fish by diving, listed as Vulnerable. Iberian lynx The world's most threatened cat until recently, a spotted rabbit hunter of Spain and Portugal now recovering and listed as Vulnerable. Jungle cat A long-legged, plain-coated cat of reed beds and wetlands from Egypt to Southeast Asia, listed as Least Concern, and the wild ancestor of the Chausie. Marbled cat A house-cat-sized forest cat of South and Southeast Asia with a cloud-patterned coat and a very long tail, listed as Near Threatened. Ocelot A strikingly spotted New World cat of forests and thickets from Texas to Argentina, once heavily hunted for its fur and now listed as Least Concern. Serval A tall, big-eared African cat of wetlands and grassland that pounces on rodents with exceptional success, listed as Least Concern.
Population figures are estimates from the year shown and change as surveys are repeated.