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Scientific
name
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Prionailurus bengalensis
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| Weight kgs |
2-4
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Distribution
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Asia -
the widest of all small wildcats
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Habitat
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Forest -
various
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Prey
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Small
mammals to insects
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Status
in wild
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Least
Concern
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Subspecies
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Iriomote
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Scientific
name
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Panthera leo
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| Weight kgs |
90-216
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Distribution
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Sub-Saharan
Africa & Northwestern India
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Habitat
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Wooded
grassland
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Prey
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Principally
ungulates
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Status
in wild
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Vulnerable
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Scientific
name
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Lynx canadensis
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| Weight kgs |
5-17
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Distribution
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North
America
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Habitat
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Typically
coniferous forest
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Prey
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Snowshoe
hare
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Status
in wild
|
Least
Concern
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Scientific
name
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Lynx lynx
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| Weight kgs |
12-38
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Distribution
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Europe to
Russia, N.Asia
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Habitat
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Forest
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Prey
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Principally
small mammals
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Status
in wild
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Least
Concern
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Rewilding
lynx
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Scientific
name
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Lynx pardinus
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| Weight kgs |
7-16
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Distribution
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Spain,
Portugal
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Habitat
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Scrubland
to marshes
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Prey
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Rabbits
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Status
in wild
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Critically
Endangered
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Scientific
name
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Otocolobus manul
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| Weight kgs |
2.5-4.5
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Distribution
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Russia,
south to China and Afghanistan
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Habitat
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Asian
uplands, hillsides, rocky outcrops
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Prey
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Pika,
gerbils, rodents, partridge
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Status
in wild
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Near
threatened
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Scientific
name
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Pardofelis marmorata
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| Weight kgs |
2-5
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Distribution
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Asia
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Habitat
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Lowland
tropical forest
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Prey
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Birds,
rats, lizards
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Status
in wild
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Vulnerable
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Scientific
name
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Leopardus wiedii
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| Weight kgs |
3-4
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Distribution
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Mexico,
Central and S. America
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Habitat
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Primary
forest
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Prey
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Small
rodents, birds, fruit
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Status
in wild
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Near
Threatened
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Scientific
name
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Leopardus pardalis
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| Weight kgs |
6-16
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Distribution
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Mexico,
Central & South America
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Habitat
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Tropical
forest to mangrove
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Prey
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Mainly
small mammals
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Status
in wild
|
Least
Concern
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Scientific
name
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Leopardus tigrinus
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| Weight kgs |
1.5-2.8
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Distribution
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Central
& S. America
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Habitat
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Forest
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Prey
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Rodents,
lizards, insects
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Status
in wild
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Vulnerable
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Scientific
name
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Leopardus colocolo
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| Weight kgs |
1.7-3.7
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Distribution
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South
America
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Habitat
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Mainly
open grassland
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Prey
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Small
vertebrae but a generalist.
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Status
in wild
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Near
Threatened
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Scientific
name
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Puma concolor
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| Weight kgs |
25-80
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Distribution
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North and
South America
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Habitat
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Wide
variety
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Prey
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From mice
to moose
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Status
in wild
|
Least
Concern
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Scientific
name
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Prionailurus rubiginosus
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| Weight kgs |
0.8-1.6
(world's smallest cat)
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Distribution
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India
& Sri Lanka
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Habitat
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Moist
& dry deciduous forest
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Prey
|
Small
mammals & birds
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Status
in wild
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Vulnerable
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Scientific
name
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Felis margarita
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| Weight kgs |
1.3-3.4
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Distribution
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Fragmented
- from the western Sahara to Uzbekistan
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Habitat
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Sandy
desert
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Prey
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Small
mammals, reptiles, birds
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Status
in wild
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Near
Threatened
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Scientific
name
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Leptailurus serval
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| Weight kgs |
7-18
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Distribution
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Africa
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Habitat
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Grassland
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Prey
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Small
mammals
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Status
in wild
|
Least
Concern
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Scientific
name
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Panthera uncia
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| Weight kgs |
22-50
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Distribution
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High
mountains of Central Asia
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Habitat
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Dry
alpine steppe above treeline
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Prey
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Primarily
blue sheep & large amount of plant matter
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Status
in wild
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Endangered
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Scientific
name
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Panthera tigris
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| Weight kgs |
75-320
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Distribution
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Asia and
Russia
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Habitat
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Tropical
forest to birch woodlands
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Prey
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Extremely
wide, frogs to elephants
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Status
in wild
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Endangered
to Extinct depending on subspecies
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