Small Wild Cat Conservation

Can you recognize a black-footed cat? How about a kodkod or a bay cat? These are just three of the smaller endangered wild cat species in the world.

Is that adorable cat on the right an ocelot, a margay, a Geoffroy's cat, a leopard cat, or an oncilla?

There are 37 species of wild cat in the world today. Most people are aware of the big five - tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar and cheetah. Many are familiar with the medium felines - snow leopard and cougar, or mountain lion.

Our job is to make the world aware of the the remaining 30 small wild cat species, from the world's smallest wild cat - a 2 pound beauty - to the 50 lb clouded leopard.

Our programs support scientific field research on the smallest cats, and educate people the world over about their plight. Wild cats don't have nine lives, and they need your help today.

Purrr-uze our website, learn more about the small wild cats, and join the fight to save these beautiful little predators! To identify the cats in all our photos, just roll your mouse over the cat.

This is the perfect place to highlight one of the the smallest wild cats in the world - the Black-footed Cat of southern Africa. Learn more about these tiny cats:

Black-footed cat fact sheet

Help Black-footed cat researchers

Black-footed cat photo gallery

Our small wild cats photo blog at Felids.wordpress.com is updated often with a variety of small wild cat articles and pictures from around the world 

• Scottish Wildcat fact sheet added - Now you can purchase Wildcat Haven - the only book written on these feisty felines, directly from us! 
• Read all about the 30 small wild cats on our fact sheets. Also available inSpanish, French and Russian. 
• Donate now to field research to support wild cat conservation programs around the world.
• Become an ISEC member today, and receive our Member's Newsletter - available online or in print

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