20 rare wild cats you probably didn’t know about

We all know about lions, tigers, leopards and even cougars and jaguars, but in addition to the well-known “SEALs” there are many species of wild rare cats that you probably have not even heard of. Cats evolved into a separate family about 25 million years ago and since then, they have been distributed all over the world.

Canada lynx

1

Sand cat or barchan cat

2

Black-legged cat

3

Caracal or desert lynx

4

Smoky leopard

5

Pampas cat

6

Leopard cat

7

Jaguarundi

8

Ocelot

9

Fish cat or speckled cat

10

Serval

11

Kalimantan cat or Borneo cat

12

Chilean cat

13

Temminka the cat

14

Margai

15

Chinese Cougar

16

Sumatran cat

17

Rusty cat or spotted red cat

18

Andean cat

19

Wildcat

20

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20 rare wild cats you probably didn’t know about
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