Four endangered cat species. Clockwise from top left: Amur Tiger, Andean Cat, Flat-headed Cat, Fishing Cat. Credits: Amur Tiger in Louisville Zoo by Ltshears [CC BY-SA 3.0]. Andean Cat by Jim Sanderson [CC BY-SA 3.0 ]. Flat-headed Cat by Jim Sanderson [CC BY-SA 3.0]. Fishing Cat in Tennoji Zoo, Osaka, Japan, by pelican [CC BY-SA 2.0]. |
For Earth Day 2016,
we thought we’d take a look at how our wild cousins are doing, so we went to
the Internet to collect data, which She of Little Talent put into this table.
She even added subspecies and color-coded it, so it might actually be useful.
As you can see, some species seem to be doing well, but there is still too much
yellow, orange, and red (Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered,
respectively) on that list.
To get a Word or pdf
file of the list, drop an e-mail to roby@robysweet.com
and we’ll send you one.
Conservation Status of Wild Cat Species
Taxonomic
Name
|
Common
Name
|
Status (publication date)*
|
Panthera leo
|
Lion
|
Vulnerable
(2015)
|
P. leo
|
West African subpopulation
|
Critically Endangered (2015)
|
P. leo
persica
|
Asiatic Lion, Indian Lion
|
Endangered (2008)
|
Panthera tigris
|
Tiger
|
Endangered
(2015)
|
P. tigris
altaica
|
Amur Tiger
|
Endangered (2011)
|
P. tigris
amoyensis
|
South China Tiger
|
Critically Endangered, possibly extinct in
wild (2015)
|
P. tigris
corbetti
|
Indochinese Tiger
|
Endangered (2011)
|
P. tigris
jacksoni
|
Malayan Tiger
|
Critically Endangered (2015)
|
P. tigris
sumatrae
|
Sumatran Tiger
|
Critically Endangered (2008)
|
P. tigris
tigris
|
Bengal Tiger
|
Endangered (2011)
|
P. tigris
balica
|
Bali Tiger
|
Extinct (1940s)
|
P. tigris
sondaica
|
Javan Tiger
|
Extinct (mid-1970s)
|
P. tigris virgata
|
Caspian Tiger
|
Extinct (1970s)
|
Panthera onca
|
Jaguar
|
Near
Threatened
|
Panthera uncia
|
Snow
Leopard
|
Endangered
|
Panthera pardus
|
Leopard
|
Near Threatened
|
P. pardus
kotiya
|
Sri Lankan Leopard
|
Endangered (2008)
|
P. pardus
melas
|
Javan Leopard
|
Critically Endangered (2008)
|
P. pardus nimr
|
Arabian Leopard
|
Critically Endangered (2008)
|
P. pardus
orientalis
|
Amur Leopard
|
Critically Endangered (2008)
|
P. pardus
saxicolor
|
Persian Leopard
|
Endangered (2008)
|
Neofilis nebulosa
|
Clouded
Leopard
|
Vulnerable
|
Catopuma badia
|
Borneo Bay
Cat
|
Endangered
|
Pardofelis marmorata
|
Marbled
Cat
|
Near
Threatened
|
Catopuma temminckii
|
Asiatic
Golden Cat
|
Near
Threatened
|
Leptailurus serval
|
Serval
|
Least Concern
|
Caracal caracal
|
Caracal
|
Least
Concern
|
Caracal aurata
|
African
Golden Cat
|
Vulnerable
(2015)
|
Leopardus pardalis
|
Ocelot
|
Least
Concern (2015)
|
Leopardus wiedii
|
Margay
|
Near
Threatened (2015)
|
Leopardus geoffroyi
|
Geoffroy’s
Cat
|
Least
Concern (2015)
|
Leopardus guigna
|
Guiña
|
Vulnerable
(2015)
|
Leopardus jacobita
|
Andean Cat
|
Endangered
(2008)
|
Leopardus tigrinus
|
Oncilla
|
Vulnerable
(2008)
|
L.
tigrinus oncilla
|
Central American Oncilla, Central American
Little Spotted Cat
|
Endangered (2008)
|
Leopardus colocolo
|
Pampas Cat
|
Near
Threatened (2015)
|
Lynx lynx
|
Eurasian
Lynx
|
Least
Concern (2015)
|
L. lynx
balcanicus
|
Balkan Lynx
|
Critically Endangered (2015)
|
Lynx pardinus
|
Iberian
Lynx
|
Endangered
(2015)
|
Lynx canadensis
|
Canadian
Lynx
|
Least
Concern (2015)
|
Lynx rufus
|
Bobcat
|
Least
Concern (2008)
|
Acinonyx jubatus
|
Cheetah
|
Vulnerable
(2015)
|
A. jubatus
hecki
|
Northwest African Cheetah, Saharan Cheetah
|
Critically Endangered (2008)
|
A. jubatus
venaticus
|
Asiatic Cheetah, Iranian Cheetah
|
Critically Endangered (2008)
|
Puma concolor
|
Puma
|
Least
Concern (2015)
|
Herpailurus yagouaroundi
|
Jaguarundi
|
Least
Concern (2015)
|
Otocolobus manul
|
Pallas’s
Cat (Manul)
|
Near
Threatened (2015)
|
Prionailurus viverrinus
|
Fishing
Cat
|
Endangered
(2010)
|
Prionailurus bengalensis
|
Leopard
Cat
|
Least
Concern (2015)
|
P.
bengalensis iriomotensis
|
Iriomote Cat
|
Critically Endangered (2015)
|
P.
bengalensis robori
|
Visayan Leopard Cat
|
Vulnerable (2008)
|
Prionailurus planiceps
|
Flat-headed
Cat
|
Endangered
(2015)
|
Prionailurus rubiginosus
|
Rusty-spotted
Cat
|
Vulnerable
(2008)
|
Felis nigripes
|
Black-footed
Cat
|
Vulnerable
(2008)
|
Felis silvestris
|
Wild Cat
|
Least
Concern (2015)
|
Felis margarita
|
Sand Cat
|
Near Threatened
(2011)
|
Felis chaus
|
Jungle Cat
|
Least
Concern (2008)
|
Source: IUCN Red List
(www.iucnredlist.org). Accessed April
19, 2016.
*For extinct species, parentheses indicate date of extinction.
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