Name all the animals that are considered to be big cats?

SOTHC

Tiddles does not seem adequate enough Aug 16 05, 11:24 AM

TheAlphaWolf

Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar, Snow leopard, cheetah, lynx and bobcat, ocelot, puma, onza. wikipedia-big cat Aug 16 05, 1:17 PM

SOTHC

Let us not forget the cross bred Ligers & Tigrons Aug 16 05, 2:22 PM

SOTHC

On the domestic front, Maine Coons are one of the largest breeds and I know as I have two of them Aug 16 05, 2:23 PM

gmackematix

Have lynxes, ocelots and pumas been promoted from small cats in recent years? I recall reading in a scence journal that there were only seven "big cats": Lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard, clouded leopard and cheetah. Aug 16 05, 3:09 PM

gmackematix

To confuse things further, looking at the individual articles, I see that lynxes, ocelots and clouded leopards are referred to as medium-sized cats or wildcats and pumas are called big cats. Maybe the term "big cat" isn't that well defined after all. Aug 16 05, 3:19 PM

lanfranco

I felt compelled to look up the "Maine Coon." While these felines are rather attractive and even flat-out cute, I don't think they quite qualify in the traditional "big cat" category. Do your Maine Coons eat with their paws and play fetch, SOTHC? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_coon Aug 16 05, 3:56 PM

SOTHC

They do and one eats with his paw while lying on his side looking like a Roman Emperor. We have also had to enlarge the cat flap for them which was large enough for the moggies we had before them. Aug 17 05, 5:42 AM

SOTHC

http://www.thebigcats.com/ has 8 namely the Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar, Cheetah, Snow Leopard, Clouded Leopard & Cougar Aug 17 05, 5:49 AM

gmackematix

So I think we are all agreed on big cats being the seven I gave plus the cougar (aka the puma or mountain lion). Aug 17 05, 8:20 PM

gmackematix

Scrub the cougar/puma as, according to the big cat site, those are small cats. Here are the 29 species of small-cat found in the wild: http://www.thebigcats.com/smallcat/smallcat.html Aug 17 05, 8:29 PM

gmackematix

Grrr! http://www.thebigcats.com/smallcat/smallcat.htm Aug 17 05, 8:32 PM