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WCMC Subspecies Index

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EXTINCT

No definite sightings of the species made in the wild in the past fifty years.

No cats currently listed, although the Bornean Bay Cat is suspected to be extinct or near extinction.

See Ancient Cats for information about species long extinct.

ENDANGERED

Species whose numbers are so low or whose habitat has been so reduced that they are in immediate danger of extinction.

Black-footed Cat

Cheetah

Iberian Lynx

Snow Leopard

Tiger

VULNERABLE

Species that are likely to move into the endangered category soon if the factors that are causing their decline are not removed or ameliorated.

African Golden Cat

Andean Mountain Cat

Asiatic Golden Cat

Clouded Leopard

Fishing Cat

Flat-headed Cat

Jaguar

Leopard

Lion

Manul

STABLE

Species whose numbers are believed sufficient for survival if habitat availability remains high and hunting pressure is not increased.

Bobcat

Canada Lynx

Caracal

Domestic Cat

Eurasian Lynx

Geoffroy's Cat

Jaguarundi

Jungle Cat

Leopard Cat

Ocelot

Pampas Cat

Puma

Sand Cat

Serval

Wild Cat

INDETERMINATE

Rare species that are suspected to be endangered or vulnerable but for which there is too little information to be certain.

Bornean Bay Cat

Chinese Mountain (Desert) Cat

Kodkod

Marbled Cat

Margay

Oncilla (Tiger Cat)

Rusty-spotted Cat