Big cat
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The big cats of Azeroth come in a variety of poorly-distinguished forms.
Real Life
In real life, living and extinct big cats are classified into a number of subfamilies including:
- Acinonychinae (cheetahs)
- Felinae
- Machairodontinae (various saber-toothed cats)
- Pantherinae
- Panthera leo (lions)
- Panthera onca (jaguars)
- Panthera pardus (leopards)
- Panthera tigris (tigers)
- Uncia uncia (snow leopards)
Cheetahs
There are no cheetah mobs in the game. However, hunters can cast Aspect of the Cheetah.
Druids in Travel Form can reach cheetah-like speeds. However, druids can sustain these speeds much longer, and the Travel Form model looks much like a jaguar or leopard.
Pumas
Most of the pumas in the game are found in the Alterac Mountains and Hillsbrad Foothills.
- Alterac Mountains – Hulking Mountain Lion, Mountain Lion
- Hillsbrad Foothills – Feral Mountain Lion, Mountain Lion, Starving Mountain Lion
- Mulgore – Flatland Cougar, Mountain Cougar
- Thousand Needles – Needles Cougar
Saber-toothed cats
Arguably, all cats in Azeroth are saber-toothed, however some are specifically called "sabers". Adding to the confusion, the various frostsabers drop Tiger Meat.
- Darkshore – Ghost Saber
- Teldrassil – Elder Nightsaber, Feral Nightsaber, Mangy Nightsaber, Nightsaber, Nightsaber Stalker, Young Nightsaber
- Winterspring – Frostsaber, Frostsaber Cub, Frostsaber Huntress, Frostsaber Pride Watcher, Frostsaber Stalker
Lions
None of the cat mobs in Azeroth are specifically labeled as lions. However, the savannah cats drop Savannah Lion Tusks.
- Barrens - Savannah Cub, Savannah Highmane, Savannah Huntress, Savannah Matriarch, Savannah Patriarch, Savannah Prowler, The Rake. Humar the Pridelord, Echeyakee
- Winterspring - Sian-Rotam
Jaguars
Tigers
The majority of tigers in the game are found in Stranglethorn Vale (and Zul'Gurub).
- Durotar – Durotar Tiger
- Zul'Gurub – Zulian Tiger
- Stranglethorn Vale – Elder Stranglethorn Tiger, Kurzen War Tiger, Stranglethorn Tiger, Stranglethorn Tigress, Young Stranglethorn Tiger
Snow leopards
Generic panthers
There are a number of "panther" mobs in the game, and even a "panther" priestess (High Priestess Arlokk). Most of them look like black panthers, a melanistic form of leopard or jaguar.
- Stranglethorn Vale – Elder Shadowmaw Panther, Kurzen War Panther, Panther, Shadowmaw Panther, Skullsplitter Panther, Young Panther
- Swamp of Sorrows – Shadow Panther
- Thousand Needles – Enraged Panther
- Zul'Gurub – Zulian Panther
Lynxes
- Eversong Woods – Elder Springpaw, Springpaw Cub, Springpaw Lynx, Springpaw Stalker
- Ghostlands – Ghostclaw Lynx, Ghostclaw Ravager, Starving Ghostclaw
Other big cats
- Badlands – Ridge Huntress, Ridge Stalker, Ridge Stalker Patriarch, similar to leopards
- Darkshore – Moonstalker, Moonstalker Matriarch, Moonstalker Runt, Moonstalker Sire, probably "sabers"
- Mulgore – Flatland Prowler, probably a puma
- Stonetalon Mountains – Twilight Runner, probably a "saber"
- Stranglethorn Vale – Jaguero Stalker, appears to be a generic black "panther"
- Teldrassil – Duskstalker, probably a "saber"









