Big House Cats Species. They are the large cats belonging to the pantherinae subfamily of wild cats. The bengal was created from breeding asian leopard cats and domestic breeds such as the abyssinian, british shorthair, egyptian mau, bombay or ocicat.bengals are big cats, weighing from eight to 15 pounds.
These seven living species are classified into three groups that include the panthera, felis, and acinonyx. That is why big cats are so endangered at the present time. Cats are highly adaptable creatures, thriving in jungles, deserts and mountains as well as the open savannah.
The big cats are some of the most charismatic animals on earth and some of the most endangered.
There are 38 species of cats on the planet. Cat, domesticated member of the family felidae, order carnivora, and the smallest member of that family. Today, there are only seven species of big cats that survived from what was—about 25 million years ago—a remarkably diverse group of large felid carnivores. Wild cats mostly live in exotic places most of us will never visit, but several species survive, often covertly, within or around villages and cities in many parts of the world (famous cougar that was holed up under l.a house returns to the wild).