Smallest big cat

The world's smallest species of true big cat is the snow leopard Panthera (=Uncia) uncia. Native to the mountain range of central and south Asia, this rare and highly elusive species has a head and body length of 0.75–1.3 m (2 ft 5 in–4 ft 3 in), a tail length of 0.8-1 m (2 ft 7 in–3 ft 3 in), and a shoulder height of approximately 0.6 m (1 ft 11 in). It generally weighs around 27–55 kg (59–121 lb), with an occasional extra-large male up to 75 kg (165 lb).