To celebrate the USA’s win–and it is a win, in spite of all the very real concerns–I thought I’d make another cat post, because they make people happy and it’s a happy day! Going to try to find three images per species, but some are pretty hard to find as many of these cats are rare and/or elusive!
First off, the subfamily of roaring kittens! Pantherinae:
Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa):
Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi), not common:
Leopard (Panthera pardus):
Tiger (Panthera tigris):
Snow leopard (Panthera uncia):
Lion (Panthera leo):
Jaguar (Panthera onca):
Second and final (and much bigger) extant subfamily in Felidae, which is the purring kittens! Felinae:
Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) does not want you to see its babies!:
Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii):
Bay cat (Catopuma badia), babies are elusive to say the least:
Serval (Leptailurus serval):
Caracal (Caracal caracal):
African golden cat (Caracal aurata), this is literally all I could find in the way of kittens:
Pampas cat (Leopardus colocola):
Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita), very elusive baby:
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis):
Margay (Leopardus wiedii):
Kodkod (Leopardus guigna), when the adult already looks like a kitten, the kitten looks…exactly the same as the adult, just smaller:
Geoffroy’s cat (Leopardus geoffroyi):
Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus):
Souther tiger cat (Leopardus guttulus):
Bobcat (Lynx rufus):
Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis):
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx):
Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus):
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus):
Cougar (Puma concolor):
Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguaroundi):
Pallas cat (Otocolobus manul):
Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus):
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis):
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus):
Flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps), couldn’t even find any photos, had to screenshot a video:
Sunda leopard cat (Prionailurus javanensis), another not easy to find kitten!:
Jungle cat (Felis chaus):
Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes), just remember this species has one of the highest kill rates of any cat:
Sand cat (Felis margarita):
Chinese mountain cat (Felis bieti):
European wildcat (Felis sylvestris):
African wildcat (Felis lybica):
and finally, Domestic cat (Felis catus)!:
Remember, there is only one species of kitten on this list that belongs as a pet, and that is our beautiful domestic cat. Some of the wild species are endangered, and as precious as all these babies, the wild ones are best left to the wild. :)
