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Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) crouch at their burrow in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, in an image from 2011. PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANS LANTING, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) sits primly on the shore of Loon Lake in Ontario, Canada in 1906. These 11- to 37-pound (5 to 17 kilogram) cats live in boreal forests across Canada and down into the northern United States. PHOTOGRAPH BY GEORGE SHIRAS, NAT![]() |
Photographer Frans Lanting caught a photo of this caracal (Caracal caracal) with a camera trap in Kavir National Park, Iran, in 2011. PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANS LANTING, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
This oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), otherwise known as a little spotted cat or tiger cat, gazes from the bars of a cage after being rescued from poachers in Peru in 2009. PHOTOGRAPH BY JASON EDWARDS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A European wildcat (Felis silvestris) pauses in a grassy field in Moldova in 2009. PHOTOGRAPH BY LAURENT GESLIN/WILD WONDERS OF EUROPE![]() |
The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is perhaps the most endangered wildcat in the world. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETE OXFORD, WWE/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC![]() |
An ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) poses on a tree root in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest in 2004. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETE OXFORD/MINDEN PICTURES![]() |
The jaguarundi's stubby ears don't seem very catlike, but its haughty expression will be familiar to many a cat owner. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETE OXFORD/MINDEN PICTURES![]() |
In a picture taken in 1997, a bobcat (Lynx rufus) gets ready to gobble down a muskrat in Idaho. PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL QUINTON, MINDEN PICTURES/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC![]() |
A pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo) peers from behind a tree branch in the Cerrado ecosystem in Brazil, in 2008. PHOTOGRAPH BY LUCIANO CANDISANI/MINDEN PICTURES![]() |
A serval cat (Leptailurus serval) trips a remote camera in Zakouma National Park, Chad, in 2006. PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL NICHOLS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A male fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) triggers a camera trap on a fish farm in Sam Roi Yot, Thailand (map). PHOTOGRAPH BY MORGAN HEIM![]() |
An eight-month-old male European lynx (Lynx lynx) steps around a dead roe deer in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland in 2011. PHOTOGRAPH BY LAURENT GESLIN![]() |
An eight-month-old male European lynx (Lynx lynx) steps around a dead roe deer in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland in 2011. PHOTOGRAPH BY LAURENT GESLIN![]() |
Also known as the Highlands tiger, the Scottish wildcat was once widely persecuted and hunted, and perhaps as few as a couple dozen remain in the wild. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK![]() |
The Scottish wildcat may at first glance look like a cat you might keep as a pet, but they can grow up to twice the size, and are known for their striped coat and fierce attitude. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK![]() |
These two Scottish wildcat kittens were rescued after their mother was killed and will be released to the wild once they are able to survive on their own. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK![]() |