From the rabbit-sized Black-footed Cat of southern Africa to bear-killing Amur tigers of the
Russian Far East the 38 members of the Cat Family include some of the world's most fascinating
and magnificent species on earth. Supremely adapted for the kill all cats are obligate
carnivores they survive only by preying upon other animals and they have become one of
evolution's most successful predatory lineages of mammals. Wild Cats of the World explores the
spectacular Cat Family in unprecedented depth. Drawing on thousands of scientific papers and
direct observations in the field each species is profiled at length covering all aspects of
felid behaviour and ecology.
