The world’s smallest wild cat is the rusty-spotted cat, about the size of an 8-week-old kitten. Wonder what the smallest wild cat in the world is? Here are the 10 littlest wild cats in the world you will be amazed to know about and might want to see to believe - and not just because they’re so cute. While big cats get most of the press because they’re so fearsome, the small ones have other things going for them. In fact, over 80% of the world’s species of wild cats are small and about the size of their domesticated counterparts. But just as house felines can be big, their wild counterparts can be small, with some being as tiny as kittens even when they’re fully grown. The 4.4-5.5 pound Guiña or Kodkod is the smallest cat in the Americas.ĭomesticated cats are some of the most popular pets in the world, but did you know about the range of small cats? We often think of huge beasts when we think of wild felines and small versions when we think of domesticated cats.South Africa’s black-footed/small spotted cat only grows to a max of about 3.5 to 5.4 lbs.The tiniest cat in the world is the rusty-spotted cat, which weighs just 2.0 to 3.5 lbs and only grows to about the size of an eight-week-old kitten.
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