Is the cheetah the worlds largest small cat?

Answer 1

The Siberian tiger ( panthera tirgris altaica ) is generally recognized as the largest cat. This animal is critically endangered! The cheetah needs to be small because if it was heavy it could not run very fast. It has one of the slimmest, lightest builds of all the big cats.

Answer 2

"It may be more correct to say that the cheetah is the smallest of the large cats."

... You were correct to say that the cheetah is a small cat. As part of the family Felidae, the cheetah is classified as a small cat. One reason for classifing cats as small, is the ability to purr, which they do. However they are not the largest small cat, the puma is. Cheetah range is size between 1.1-1.4 m and pumas measure 1.1-2 m.

Answer 3

Yes. Cheetahs and all other cat species fall under the Family Felidae with is the biological family of cats.Domestic cats are in the Genus Felinae, whereas the Cheetah belongs in the Genus Acinonyx and is the only living species.

Answer 4

It can also be known as a cat, they have the same characteristics, same fur, same claws, same vision, and hearing.

The cheetah is NOT considered a "big cat" in the scientific world, there is only

FOUR big cats: Lion, Leopard, Tiger and SNOW Leopard. The cheetah isn't in this esteemed group due to the fact that it does not roar (the bone in the throat needed for this is missing in cheetahs). they, cheetahs, do grow to be quite big though and the snow leopard is if not the rarest captured/filmed animals, it's definitley the toughest cat to locate.

Yes a Cheetah is a big cat. The question is, is the cheetah a big cat, as in the BIG CAT group of felines? It is large in size, but not considered a "big cat" in the animal/zoo/conservation community.

Answer 5

There is a difference of opinion by many scientists. However, most consider only those cats that can roar as the true big cats - lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars and snow leopards. Cheetahs and cougars are both large but cannot roar.

Answer 6

Neither. Lions and tigers are bigger than cheetahs. Lynxes are smaller than cheetahs.

Answer 7

60 mph. fastest land mammal on the planet look it up

Answer 8

Well yes and no. Cheetahs can't roar like big cats and that is the requirement for being a big cat. But they are still considered a big cat by some.

Answer 9

NO SAID TO Google CHEETAHS ARE NOT BIG CATS THEY ARE Acinonyxs

Answer 10

Yes cheetahs are concider big cats