African Wild Cats List

List by Common Name.

African wild cats list. In Cyprus an African wildcat was found in a burial site next to a human skeleton in. Here are the three medium-sized wild cats found in Africa. List of Cats In The Wild.

They live in diverse habitats including forests swamps and deserts. Jungle Cat Felis chaus African Wildcat Felis lybica Sand Cat Felis margarita. It stands up to 2 ft.

And neither can some wild cats who through a genetic mutation have become black be genuinely called black. Serval is three to four feet long wild cat believed to be the ancestor of both the cheetah and the lion. The term big cats generally refers to lions tigers leopards and jaguars the four wild cats that roar.

Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus Caracal Lineage. African Golden Cat Caracal aurata Caracal Caracal caracal Serval Leptailurus serval Felis Lineage. The African wildcat is a small wildcat species native to Africa West and Central Asia up to Rajasthan in India and Xinjiang in China.

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Serval is one of the most popular exotic wild cat species in the United States. No wild cat species is black as a default or standard coat color. Wild Cats of Africa List by Lineage.