Felines are the most popular animal group, but people generally focus only on big cats and small cats, and medium-sized cats in between are rarely mentioned. They are also a large group, and I usually list 12 medium-sized cats with a maximum weight of more than 15 kilograms and less than 40 kilograms, and their strength should not be underestimated, and they can hunt prey that is several times larger than myself. This article collects some photos of medium-sized cats and people, so that everyone can intuitively feel their body shape.
Eurasian lynx as a pet – the genus Lynx of the cat subfamily
The first is the Eurasian lynx, which is the third largest cat subfamily after mountain lions and cheetahs, and is the largest medium-sized cat, weighing generally 11-29 kg and no more than 40 kg. The Eurasian lynx is extremely powerful, can hunt hundreds of kilograms of reindeer and red deer, and can also kill gray wolves larger than themselves.
Eurasian lynx
The Eurasian lynx is also the cat with the largest span of longitude, reaching the Atlantic Ocean in the west, reaching the Pacific Ocean in the east, reaching the Himalayas in the south, and entering the polar circle in the north, spanning nearly 180° longitude and distributing an area of more than 20 million square kilometers.
Canadian Lynx – Genus Lynx of the subfamily Cat family
The Canadian lynx weighs 5-17.3 kg, its main prey is the snowshoe rabbit, it has a mild personality, its paws are wide and have thick fluff, making it walk a little strange.
Canadian lynx undergoing a medical examination
Blackened short-tailed cats – the genus Lynx of the cat subfamily
The short-tailed cat weighs 3.6-18.3 kg and has a fierce personality, which can hunt medium-sized ungulates.
Short-tailed cats hunt white-tailed deer
Juvenile Spanish lynx released into nature – the genus Lynx of the cat subfamily
The Spanish lynx, also known as the Iberian lynx, weighs 7–15.9 kg and is the least abundant species in the genus Lynx, with fewer than 700 currently present.
Clouded leopard - Leopard subfamily Clouded leopard genus
The clouded leopard was previously classified as a big cat because it is a leopard subfamily, but its size is really not large, weighing 10-25 kg, and the maximum is not more than 35 kg. The Malay clouded leopard (Sunda clouded leopard) is about the size of the clouded leopard.
Cats – A genus of cats in the subfamily Catidae
The cat weighs 6.2-26 kg, has a strong jumping ability, and is good at hunting birds. The tip of the lynx's ears has black upright tufts of hair, which is very similar to the genus lynx, so it is also called the African lynx.
Serval cat – Genus Serval cats of the subfamily Cat family
The serval cat is slender, resembles a trumpet-like cheetah, has large ears, is very recognizable, and weighs 6-18 kg.
Wild Asian Golden Cat – Genus Golden Cat of the cat subfamily
Asian golden cat weighs 8.5-15.8 kg, the color of fur in different populations varies greatly, the striped body is called "flower golden cat", the body without markings, the brown color of the coat is called "gray gold cat", the red color of the non-marking coat is called "red gold cat", and the blackened golden cat is called "dark cloud leopard".
A red and golden cat doing a physical examination
There is also a mysterious species close to it, the Borneo golden cat, which lives deep in the rainforest of Kalimantan, and has only been found so far, with little information, and is said to weigh only half the weight of the golden cat.
Tiger cat - Cat subfamily Tiger cat genus
Tiger cats and ocelots are indistinguishable, the tiger cat is larger, distributed in the Americas, weighing 6.6-18.6 kg.
Tiger cat doing a physical examination
Fishing cats – A genus of ocelots in the subfamily Cat subfamily Cat
The fishing cat is the largest species in the genus Ocelot, weighing 5.1-16 kg, excellent water, good at fishing, will use its paws to hit the water surface to attract fish, so it is named fishing cat.
Fishing cat and pet cat comparison.
African Golden Cat – Genus Cats of the subfamily Cat subfamily
The African Golden Cat lives in the rainforests of central and western Africa and is a very mysterious cat weighing 5.3-16 kg.
Big cats are top predators, majestic, powerful, very important to the ecological environment, is the key object of protection; small cats are cute, the current world's pet cats have exceeded 600 million. Medium-sized cats are not as popular as big cats and kittens, but their charm is not inferior, their importance to the natural ecology is not weaker than that of big cats, and they should also receive more attention and protection.