List of largest cats

This is a list of extant species in the Felidae family, which aims to evaluate their size, ordered by maximum reported weight and size of wild individuals on record. The list does not contain cat hybrids, such as the liger or tigon.

List

Following list contains size (weight and length) measurements for wild adult males of each species:

Rank	Common name	Scientific name	Image	Weight range kg (pounds)	Maximum weight kg (pounds)	Length range (m)	Maximum length (m) [a]	Shoulder height (cm)	Native range by continent(s)	Range map
1	Tiger	Panthera tigris		126–221 [1] (277-487)	317 (699) (Verified) [2] 387.8 (854) (Unverified) [3]	2.3–3.9 [4]	4.0 [5] [6]	70–110 [7]	Asia
2	Lion	Panthera leo		160–195 [8] [9] (352-429)	313 (690) (Verified); [10] [11] [12] [ page needed ] 360 (793) (Unverified) [12] [ page needed ] [b]	2.7–3.5 [13]	3.875 [11]	90–135 [14]	Africa, Asia
3	Jaguar	Panthera onca		56.1–104.5 [15] (123.6-230.3)	148 (326) [16]	1.8–2.7 [17]	2.8 [18]	68–80 [19]	North and South America
4	Cougar	Puma concolor		53.1–71 [15] (117-156)	105.2 (231) (Verified) [20] 125.2 (275) (Unverified) [21]	1.5–2.4 [22]	2.8 [23]	53–88 [24]	North and South America
5	Leopard	Panthera pardus		30–65.8 [25] [26] (66-143)	108 (238) [27]	1.6–2.3 [28]	2.75 [29] [30]	44–78 [31]	Africa, Europe and Asia
6	Cheetah	Acinonyx jubatus		36.7–54.1 [32] [33] (80-119)	69 (152) [34]	1.5–2.3 [35]	2.5 [36] [37] [38]	77–94 [39]	Africa, Asia
7	Snow leopard	Panthera uncia		30-39 [40] (66-85)	53.8 (118) [41]	1.6–2.1 [42]	2.5 [43] [44]	60–66 [45]	Asia
8	Clouded leopard	Neofelis nebulosa(diardi)? [c]		16–23 [46] (35-50)	26 (57) [46]	1.2–1.6 [47]	1.9 [48]	46–56 [49]	Asia
9	Eurasian lynx	Lynx lynx		17.4–21.7 [15] (38-47)	38 (83) [50]	0.8–1.3 [51]	1.5 [52] [53]	60–71 [54]	Asia, Europe
10	Bobcat	Lynx rufus		6.4–18.3 (14-40)	22.2 (49)(Verified) [55] 27 (59)(Unverified) [56]	0.475–1.25	1.30	30–60	North America
11	Caracal	Caracal caracal		9.8–14.5 [15] (21-31)	19 (41) [57]	0.78–1.08 [57]	1.08 [57]	40–50 [58]	Africa, Asia

Explanatory notes

1. This refers to the length including the tail. Note that lengths given as "between the pegs" generally include the tail.
2. The largest known lion measured 3.35 m (11 ft). An exceptionally heavy male lion near Mount Kenya weighed 272 kg (600 lb). The longest wild lion reportedly was a male shot near Mucusso National Park in southern Angola.
3. The debate on whether the Sunda clouded leopard is simply a subspecies of the clouded leopard is still ongoing; as such it seems best to keep these two species as the same.

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