What are big cats anyway? They are the lion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard in the Panthera genus, the cheetah, which belongs to the Acinonyx genus, and the mountain lion, which belongs to ...
There are only 5 true big cats – the lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, and jaguar. Cheetahs and cougars are in fact more closely related to domestic cats. Lions can take down the biggest prey ...