# The largest wild cats in the world

Tigers can reach 325 kg, lions come next and jaguars are third: the wild cats ranked by maximum weight, from the big cats down to lynxes and caracals. Which is your favourite?

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- May 25, 2024 · 马宇轩
- https://even.best/en/l/3420/the-largest-wild-cats-in-the-world

## Top 15

1. **Tiger** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 325 kg. The largest cat in the world.
2. **Lion** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 272 kg. The only big cat that lives in groups.
3. **Jaguar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 148 kg. The largest cat in the Americas, with a fearsome bite.
4. **Leopard** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 90 kg. The most widespread big cat.
5. **Puma** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 80 kg. Also called the mountain lion; it cannot roar.
6. **Cheetah** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 65 kg. The fastest land animal.
7. **Snow leopard** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 50 kg. The ghost of the high mountains.
8. **Eurasian lynx** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 25 kg. The largest lynx.
9. **Sunda clouded leopard** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 25 kg. It lives on Borneo and Sumatra.
10. **Mainland clouded leopard** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 23 kg. The longest canines for its size.
11. **Bobcat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 20 kg. A common North American wild cat.
12. **Serval** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 18 kg. One of the longest-legged cats.
13. **Caracal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 18 kg. It can leap to catch birds in flight.
14. **Asiatic golden cat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 16 kg.
15. **Iberian lynx** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Up to about 16 kg. Once one of the most endangered cats.

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