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Cats
From the tiny rusty-spotted cat to the tiger, there are 39 species of cats.
What is a cat?
All the cats below share an important common trait. They are carnivores. All of them are pure meat eaters.
No matter the habitat or lifestyle, all cats, from the black-footed to the lion, are hunters and important predators within their ecosystems.
Check out the individual pages to learn more.
Species of Cats
How many cat species are there?
There are 39 standard recognized species of cats at the time of writing (2025). I have an individual page for each of them.
Taxonomy is constantly under review, and as I am not a scientist, don’t take my categorization as gospel. There is almost certainly consensus that the Oncilla can be considered two species, a northern and southern, rather than the original idea that they were subspecies.
I am currently treating the Wildcat as a single species, with three subspecies: European, Asian, and African. If I was being paid, I might have more time to devote to keeping the data as close to scientific consensus as possible. My understanding is that this is the preferred taxonomy among experts, though I am open to correction.
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