Tom Jackson is a leading natural history writer based in the United Kingdom. As an author and contributor he has worked on more than 60 books. A zoology graduate from the University of Bristol, he has also worked as a zookeeper and in safari parks in Zimbabwe.

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• ContentsIntroductionTIGERS (Panthera tigris) Bengal Tiger (P. t. tigris) Siberian/Amur Tiger (P. t. altaica) Sumatran Tiger (P. t. sumatrae) Malayan Tiger (P. t. jacksoni) Indochinese Tiger (P. t. corbetti) South China Tiger (P. t. amoyensis) – Critically endangered White Tiger – Genetic color morph of Bengal tiger Tigon / Liger – Tiger hybrids (with lion)LIONS (Panthera leo) African Lion (P. leo leo) Asiatic Lion (P. leo persica) – Only in India White Lion – Rare color morph of African lion Liger / Tigon – Lion hybrids (with tiger)LEOPARDS (Panthera pardus) African Leopard (P. p. pardus) Sri Lankan Leopard (P. p. kotiya) Persian Leopard (P. p. saxicolor) Amur Leopard (P. p. orientalis) – Critically endangered Indochinese Leopard (P. p. delacouri) Arabian Leopard (P. p. nimr) – Critically endangered Melanistic Leopard (Black Panther) – Dark color morph Snow Leopard Himalayan Snow Leopard – Regional variation Mainland Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi)JAGUARS (Panthera onca) Jaguar Melanistic Jaguar (Black Panther) – Common in rainforestsCHEETAHS (Acinonyx jubatus) African Cheetah Asiatic Cheetah (A. j. venaticus) – Critically endangered King Cheetah – Rare coat pattern mutationCOUGARS AND LYNXES Puma / Cougar / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) Florida Panther (P. c. coryi) – Isolated subspecies Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) Lynxes (Lynx genus) Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) Balkan Lynx (L. lynx balcanicus) – Critically endangered Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis) Bobcat (Lynx rufus)SMALL WILD CATS Caracal & Serval Lineage Caracal (Caracal caracal) African Golden Cat (Caracal aurata) Serval (Leptailurus serval) Leopardus Genus (Spotted South American Cats) Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) Margay (Leopardus wiedii) Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita) Geoffroy’s Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) Kodkod (Leopardus guigna) Prionailurus Genus (Asian Small Cats) Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Iriomote Cat (P. b. iriomotensis) – Japanese island subspecies Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps) Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) – Tiny Indian catOther Small Wild Cats Pallas’s Cat (Manul) (Otocolobus manul) – Central Asia Jungle Cat (Felis chaus) – Wetland and grassland hunter Sand Cat (Felis margarita) – Desert specialist Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes) – Tiny, ferocious African cat Bay Cat (Catopuma badia) – Rare Bornean feline Asiatic Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii) – Forest cat of SE Asia African wildcat (Felis lybica) European wildcat (Felis silvestris)

Tom Jackson is a leading natural history writer based in the United Kingdom. As an author and contributor he has worked on more than 60 books. A zoology graduate from the University of Bristol, he has also worked as a zookeeper and in safari parks in Zimbabwe.

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• ContentsIntroductionTIGERS (Panthera tigris) Bengal Tiger (P. t. tigris) Siberian/Amur Tiger (P. t. altaica) Sumatran Tiger (P. t. sumatrae) Malayan Tiger (P. t. jacksoni) Indochinese Tiger (P. t. corbetti) South China Tiger (P. t. amoyensis) – Critically endangered White Tiger – Genetic color morph of Bengal tiger Tigon / Liger – Tiger hybrids (with lion)LIONS (Panthera leo) African Lion (P. leo leo) Asiatic Lion (P. leo persica) – Only in India White Lion – Rare color morph of African lion Liger / Tigon – Lion hybrids (with tiger)LEOPARDS (Panthera pardus) African Leopard (P. p. pardus) Sri Lankan Leopard (P. p. kotiya) Persian Leopard (P. p. saxicolor) Amur Leopard (P. p. orientalis) – Critically endangered Indochinese Leopard (P. p. delacouri) Arabian Leopard (P. p. nimr) – Critically endangered Melanistic Leopard (Black Panther) – Dark color morph Snow Leopard Himalayan Snow Leopard – Regional variation Mainland Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi)JAGUARS (Panthera onca) Jaguar Melanistic Jaguar (Black Panther) – Common in rainforestsCHEETAHS (Acinonyx jubatus) African Cheetah Asiatic Cheetah (A. j. venaticus) – Critically endangered King Cheetah – Rare coat pattern mutationCOUGARS AND LYNXES Puma / Cougar / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) Florida Panther (P. c. coryi) – Isolated subspecies Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) Lynxes (Lynx genus) Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) Balkan Lynx (L. lynx balcanicus) – Critically endangered Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis) Bobcat (Lynx rufus)SMALL WILD CATS Caracal & Serval Lineage Caracal (Caracal caracal) African Golden Cat (Caracal aurata) Serval (Leptailurus serval) Leopardus Genus (Spotted South American Cats) Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) Margay (Leopardus wiedii) Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita) Geoffroy’s Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) Kodkod (Leopardus guigna) Prionailurus Genus (Asian Small Cats) Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Iriomote Cat (P. b. iriomotensis) – Japanese island subspecies Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps) Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) – Tiny Indian catOther Small Wild Cats Pallas’s Cat (Manul) (Otocolobus manul) – Central Asia Jungle Cat (Felis chaus) – Wetland and grassland hunter Sand Cat (Felis margarita) – Desert specialist Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes) – Tiny, ferocious African cat Bay Cat (Catopuma badia) – Rare Bornean feline Asiatic Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii) – Forest cat of SE Asia African wildcat (Felis lybica) European wildcat (Felis silvestris)

Tom Jackson is a leading natural history writer based in the United Kingdom. As an author and contributor he has worked on more than 60 books. A zoology graduate from the University of Bristol, he has also worked as a zookeeper and in safari parks in Zimbabwe.

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• ContentsIntroductionTIGERS (Panthera tigris) Bengal Tiger (P. t. tigris) Siberian/Amur Tiger (P. t. altaica) Sumatran Tiger (P. t. sumatrae) Malayan Tiger (P. t. jacksoni) Indochinese Tiger (P. t. corbetti) South China Tiger (P. t. amoyensis) – Critically endangered White Tiger – Genetic color morph of Bengal tiger Tigon / Liger – Tiger hybrids (with lion)LIONS (Panthera leo) African Lion (P. leo leo) Asiatic Lion (P. leo persica) – Only in India White Lion – Rare color morph of African lion Liger / Tigon – Lion hybrids (with tiger)LEOPARDS (Panthera pardus) African Leopard (P. p. pardus) Sri Lankan Leopard (P. p. kotiya) Persian Leopard (P. p. saxicolor) Amur Leopard (P. p. orientalis) – Critically endangered Indochinese Leopard (P. p. delacouri) Arabian Leopard (P. p. nimr) – Critically endangered Melanistic Leopard (Black Panther) – Dark color morph Snow Leopard Himalayan Snow Leopard – Regional variation Mainland Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi)JAGUARS (Panthera onca) Jaguar Melanistic Jaguar (Black Panther) – Common in rainforestsCHEETAHS (Acinonyx jubatus) African Cheetah Asiatic Cheetah (A. j. venaticus) – Critically endangered King Cheetah – Rare coat pattern mutationCOUGARS AND LYNXES Puma / Cougar / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) Florida Panther (P. c. coryi) – Isolated subspecies Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) Lynxes (Lynx genus) Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) Balkan Lynx (L. lynx balcanicus) – Critically endangered Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis) Bobcat (Lynx rufus)SMALL WILD CATS Caracal & Serval Lineage Caracal (Caracal caracal) African Golden Cat (Caracal aurata) Serval (Leptailurus serval) Leopardus Genus (Spotted South American Cats) Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) Margay (Leopardus wiedii) Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita) Geoffroy’s Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) Kodkod (Leopardus guigna) Prionailurus Genus (Asian Small Cats) Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Iriomote Cat (P. b. iriomotensis) – Japanese island subspecies Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps) Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) – Tiny Indian catOther Small Wild Cats Pallas’s Cat (Manul) (Otocolobus manul) – Central Asia Jungle Cat (Felis chaus) – Wetland and grassland hunter Sand Cat (Felis margarita) – Desert specialist Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes) – Tiny, ferocious African cat Bay Cat (Catopuma badia) – Rare Bornean feline Asiatic Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii) – Forest cat of SE Asia African wildcat (Felis lybica) European wildcat (Felis silvestris)