Small Big Cats List. Some are a little bigger. Informally referred to as the small cats, they are distinguished from the big cats (subfamily pantherinae) by their ossified hyoid bones, which prevent them from roaring like their larger relatives.the cheetah and the puma, though close in size to the big.
Here is a list of the wild cats of north america. This list provides all the genera that make up the felinae—a subfamily of the cat family, felidae.all species in each genus are included. Scientists group living organisms into biological categories (taxonomy) based on how similar they are.
The former group includes the jaguar and the cougar while the latter includes the ocelot, the canadian lynx, the bobcat, and the jaguarundi.
You can find a combined list of big cats and small wild cats here. 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). But some—the lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard, jaguar, lynx, and cheetah—are big. We admire their power, felicity of movement, and striking coats of spots and stripes.