The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera. It is among the most recognizable and popular of the world's charismatic megafauna. It featured prominently in the ancient mythology and folklore of...
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera, a member of the cat family, Felidae. The leopard is distinguished by its well-camouflaged fur, opportunistic hunting behavior, broad diet, strength, and its...
The Sumatran tiger is a population of Sunda Island tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. This is the only surviving tiger population in the Sunda Islands, where the Bali and Javan tigers are extinct. Sequences from...
The Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is a small wild cat native to continental South, Southeast, and East Asia. Leopard cat subspecies differ widely in fur color, tail length, skull shape, and size of carnassials. Archaeological evidence...
The Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii) is a medium-sized wild cat native to Asia. In China, the Asian golden cat is thought to be a kind of leopard and is known as "rock cat" or "yellow leopard". Different color phases have different names;...
The Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) is a medium-sized wild cat native to Borneo and Sumatra. In 2006, it was classified as a species, distinct from the Clouded leopard in mainland Southeast Asia.
The Bay cat (Catopuma badia) is one of the world’s rarest and least-studied cats. These cats are so elusive that it was more than a century before researchers were able to study a live cat in detail. They have striking, rust-red colored fur, with...
The Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) is a small wild cat that lives in mountainous areas of Asia. The Marbled cat is closely related to the Asian golden cat and the Bay cat, all of which diverged from other felids about 9.4 million years ago.
The Javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas) is a leopard subspecies. Morphological research indicates that the Javan leopard is distinct from other Asian leopard subspecies and split off from other Asian leopard subspecies in the Middle Pleistocene...
The Flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps) is a small wild cat native to Southeast Asia. It was first described in 1827 based on a zoological specimen collected in Sumatra. This rare cat inhabits wetlands and preys mainly on fish, frogs, and...
Panthera tigris soloensis, known as the Ngandong tiger, is an extinct subspecies of the modern tiger species. It inhabited the Sundaland region of Indonesia during the Pleistocene epoch.
The Bornean clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi borneensis) is a subspecies of the Sunda clouded leopard. It differs from the Batu-Sumatran clouded leopard in the shape and frequency of spots, as well as in cranio-mandibular and dental characters.
Panthera tigris trinilensis, known as the Trinil tiger, is an extinct tiger subspecies dating from about 1.2 million years ago that was found at the locality of Trinil, Java, Indonesia. The fossil remains are now stored in the Dubois Collection of...
The Sumatran clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi diardi ) is a subspecies of the Sunda clouded leopard and is native to the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Batu. It differs in molecular, craniomandibular and dental characteristics from the Bornean...
