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Parent topics
- mammal [r]: A warm-blooded animal with a backbone which also has hair, and produces milk to feeds its young. [e]
- vertibrate [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
Genus Panthera
- Tiger, Panthera tigris (Asia)
- Lion, Panthera leo (Africa, Gir Forest in India; in southeast Europe and the Middle East in classical times)
- Jaguar, Panthera onca (the Americas; from Mexico to northern Argentina)
- Leopard, Panthera pardus (Asia and Africa)
Other "big cats"
- Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus (Africa)
- Puma, Puma concolor (North and South America)
- Snow Leopard, Uncia uncia (mountains of central Asia)
- Clouded Leopard, Neofelis nebulosa (Southeast Asia)
Hybrids
- Tigon (male Tiger/female Lion)
- Liger (male Lion/female Tiger)
- Jagulep (male Jaguar/female Leopard)
- Lepjag (male leopard/female jaguar)
- Congolese Spotted Lion (Jagulep or Lepjag/Lion)
- Marozi (male Lion/female Leopard)
- Leopon (male Leopard/female Lion)
- For other hybrids see Panthera hybrid
Big cats of unconfirmed status (either a new species, a subspecies of a known type, or legendary):
Medium-sized cats
- Genus Lynx:
- Eurasian Lynx, Lynx lynx (Europe and Asia)
- Bobcat, Lynx rufus (North America)
- Canada Lynx, Lynx canadensis (North America)
- Iberian Lynx, Lynx pardinus (Europe)
- Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis (Mexico, Central and South America, and southwestern Texas, USA)
- Caracal, Caracal caracal (Africa)
- Serval, Leptailurus serval (Africa)
