Big Cat Family List. The table is sorted alphabetically by common name to start. Like big cats, small wild cats face many conservation threats, including habitat loss, poaching and loss of prey.
Rabbits, hares, deer, small rodents, and even insects. Felidae (/ ˈ f ɛ l ɪ d iː /) is a family of mammals in the order carnivora, colloquially referred to as cats, and constitutes a clade.a member of this family is also called a felid (/ ˈ f iː l ɪ d /). There are 38 species of cats in this family.
The bobcat is a north american member of the big cat family.
Although the cat has to contract a muscle to extend its claws, it does not have to make any muscular effort to retract them. Click on the column heading to sort by common name or species name. North america the jaguar is the only big cat of the four cats that roar that is native to north america. The peace and tranquillity of the site provides a sanctuary and excellent conditions for the successful breeding of the beautiful, yet endangered cats both large and small within the european endangered species breeding programme.