This list of fictional big cats is subsidiary to the
List of fictional cats and other felines and includes notable large feline characters that appear in various works of fiction. This list excludes
hybrid
Hybrid may refer to:
Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two diff ...
s such as
liger
The liger is a hybrid (biology), hybrid offspring of a male lion (''Panthera leo'') and a tigress, or female tiger (''Panthera tigris''). The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species. The liger is distinct from the opposite ...
s and
tiglons.
Literature
Film
*Baby, a tame leopard in the film ''
Bringing Up Baby
''Bringing Up Baby'' is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was released by RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of a paleontologist in a numb ...
'' starring
Cary Grant
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English and American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he ...
*Charlie, a
cougar
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') (, ''Help:Pronunciation respelling key, KOO-gər''), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount and panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North America, North, Central America, Cent ...
raised in captivity and grown to be wild in the film ''
Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar''
*Duma, a cheetah in the film ''
Duma
A duma () is a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions.
The term ''boyar duma'' is used to refer to advisory councils in Russia from the 10th to 17th centuries. Starting in the 18th century, city dumas were formed across Russia ...
'' and
Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...
's live-action film ''
Cheetah
The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large Felidae, cat and the Fastest animals, fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots. The head is small and rounded, wit ...
''
*
Elsa the Lioness, raised by
Joy Adamson
Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson ( Gessner; 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, ''Born Free'', describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. ''Born Free'' was printed in several langua ...
in ''
Born Free
''Born Free'' is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released h ...
''
*Kumal and Sangha, two separated and reunited tigers in the 2004 film ''
Two Brothers''
*Joe and Janet, two lions at the Franklin Park Zoo in ''
Zookeeper
A zookeeper, sometimes referred as animal keeper, is a person who manages zoo animals that are kept in captivity for conservation or to be displayed to the public.Hurwitz, Jane. Choosing a Career in Animal Care (World of Work). New York: Rosen Gr ...
''
*Clarence, a lion in the 1965 film ''
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion''
*Proxima, Frank Wolff's pet jaguar in the 2021 film ''
Jungle Cruise
Jungle Cruise, formally named Jungle River Cruise, and currently named Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expeditions, is a riverboat amusement ride located in the Adventureland themed section at various Disney theme parks worldwide. The attraction is a ...
''.
Television
*Agapito, lion from ''Carrascolendas''
*
Daniel Striped Tiger on ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (sometimes shortened to ''Mister Rogers'') is an American half-hour educational children's television series that ran from 1968 to 2001. It was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. Its original incarnation, the se ...
''
*Drooper, lion from ''
The Banana Splits
''The Banana Splits'' is an American children's television variety show produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions and featuring the Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four costumed animal characters in red helmets with ...
''
*''Leonie Löwenherz'', and her brothers Lambert Löwenherz and Ludwig Löwenherz. A
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
television series about an anthropomorphic
lion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...
ess.
*Ludicrous Lion, peddler character from ''
H.R. Pufnstuf''
*Clarence, lion from ''
Daktari'' based on the film ''Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion''
*Cleopatra, Theo, Lionel and Leona from ''
Between the Lions
''Between the Lions'' is an American animated/live-action/puppet educational children's television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston, Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, and Mississipp ...
''
*Shiva, a Bengal Tigress from ''
The Walking Dead''
*Cruise, a cheetah in ''
Power Rangers Beast Morphers
''Power Rangers Beast Morphers'' is the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh seasons of the American television program ''Power Rangers''. The first season premiered on Nickelodeon on March 2, 2019, while the second season premiered on February 22, 2 ...
'' serving as Devon's Beast Bot partner
Animation
Comics
* Adolar, a lion in the
pantomime comic ''Der Löwe Adolar'' by Becker-Kasch.
*
Battle Cat
The Masters of the Universe franchise, created in 1982 as a toyline by American company Mattel, contained many characters in its various incarnations as a toyline, the television series ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'', a German series ...
, in the
Masters of the Universe
''Masters of the Universe'' (sometimes referred to as the ''He-Man'' or ''She-Ra'' series) is a sword and planet-themed media franchise created by Mattel. The main premise revolves around the conflict between He-Man (the alter ego of Prince A ...
franchise.
* Dr. Lion, the headmaster of the school in ''Jungle Jinks'' and its spin-off ''Dr. Lion's Boys'', a British comic strip by Arthur White and Mabel F. Taylor.
* Dr. Lion, the doctor in
Rupert Bear
Rupert Bear is an English children's comic strip character and franchise created by Herbert Tourtel and illustrated by his wife, the artist Mary Tourtel, first appearing in the ''Daily Express'' newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initi ...
's stories.
* Galileu, a jaguar in ''
Turma do Pererê''
* Herrmann, lion of Jimmy van Doren in
Stephen Desberg and
Daniel Desorgher's ''Jimmy van Doren''.
*
Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes ( ; 5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, best known for his 1651 book ''Leviathan'', in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. He is considered to be one of the founders ...
, an anthropomorphic stuffed tiger and best friend of Calvin in the comic strip ''
Calvin and Hobbes
''Calvin and Hobbes'' is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was Print syndication, syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly described as "the last great newspaper comic", ''Calvin a ...
''
*Joe le Tigre, a tiger in Mic Delinx and Christian Godard's ''La Jungle en Folie''.
*Jiba, a tiger in ''
Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san''
* Leo the Friendly Lion, a comic strip by Bert Felstead.
*King Lionel, a lion in ''
Lionel's Kingdom''
*Lyle and Lana from ''
Animal Crackers
An animal cracker is a particular type of cracker (food), cracker, baked in the shape of an animal, usually an animal either at a zoo or a circus, such as a lion, a tiger, a bear, or an elephant. The most common variety is light-colored and sli ...
'' comic strip
[Rovin, p. 32.]
*Max, a
bobcat
The bobcat (''Lynx rufus''), also known as the wildcat, bay lynx, or red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus '' Lynx''. Native to North America, it ranges from southern Canada through most of the c ...
companion of G.I. Joe
pointman Spearhead in ''
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero''
*Meo, a tiger in ''
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi''.
* Moloch, Corentin's pet tiger in
Paul Cuvelier
Paul Cuvelier (22 November 1923 – 5 July 1978) was a Belgium, Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series ''Corentin (comics), Corentin'', published by Le Lombard, which first appeared in the first issue of ''Tintin (magazine), Tintin ...
's ''
Corentin''.
* The nameless lion who is the sidekick of the nameless shepherd's dog in ''
Le Génie des Alpages
''Le Génie des alpages'' is a French humoristic comic book series by F'Murr. The series first appeared in ''Pilote'' magazine on January 11, 1973. In 1976 Dargaud, Les Éditions Dargaud started publication of hardcover albums.
Synopsis
The shor ...
'' by
F'murr
Richard Peyzaret (March 31, 1946 – April 10, 2018), better known by his pen name F'Murrr or F'Murr, was a French cartoonist and comic book writer. He was most famous for the long-running series '' Le Génie des alpages'' (''The Genius of the Moun ...
.
* Nelson, a very old,
one-eyed, toothless
lion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...
appearing in
''Western Circus'', the 36th album of
Belgian comic series ''
Lucky Luke
''Lucky Luke'' is a Western (genre), Western bande dessinée, comic album series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris (cartoonist), Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborati ...
''.
*
Richie Richie or Richy is a masculine given name or short form (hypocorism) of Richard. It is also a surname.
First name
* Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), American Major League Baseball player, member of the Hall of Fame
* Richie Benaud (1930–2015), Aust ...
, from the manga ''
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as he explores the Grand Line in search of the myt ...
''
*Shiva, a tiger in ''
The Walking Dead''.
* Tammananny Tiger, character in
Walt Kelly
Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973) was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip ''Pogo (comic strip), Pogo''. He began his animation career in 1936 at The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney S ...
's ''
Pogo
Pogo, PoGo or POGO may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Gaming
* Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator, any Philippines-based online gambling service
* Pogo.com, a website featuring free online games
Music
* "Pogo", a song by Digitalism
* ...
''.
*
Tawky Tawny
Tawky Tawny is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic tiger who appears as a supporting character of Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family in superhero/talking animal comic book stories published by Fawcett Comics and later DC Comics.
Publicati ...
, an anthropomorphic tiger who appears as a supporting character of
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...
'
Captain Marvel.
* Tiger Tim, a tiger created by
Julius Stafford Baker.
* Lying Cat, a Somewhat sentient feline, Who detects lies, from
Saga
Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia.
The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ...
.
Video games
*
Big the Cat, a supporting character from the ''
Sonic the Hedgehog
is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battle ...
'' series
*
Bubsy
''Bubsy'' is a series of platforming video games created by Michael Berlyn and developed and published by Accolade. The games star an anthropomorphic bobcat named Bubsy, a character that takes inspiration from ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Son ...
, a bobcat from the eponymous series
*Carol Tea, a wildcat and playable character from ''
Freedom Planet
''Freedom Planet'' is a 2014 Platformer, platform video game developed and published by GalaxyTrail. The player controls one of three anthropomorphic animal protagonists: the dragon girl Lilac, the wildcat Carol, or the basset hound Milla. Aided ...
''
*Charr, from ''
Guild Wars
''Guild Wars'' is an online role-playing game franchise developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft. The games were critically well received and won many editor's choice awards, as well as awards such as "D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game ...
'' and ''
Guild Wars 2
''Guild Wars 2'' is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the core game follows the re-emergence of Destiny's Edge, a disbanded guild dedi ...
''
*Clawroline, an anthropomorphic leopard who is a member of the beast pack, from ''
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
is a 2022 Action game, action-Platformer, platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the thirteenth mainline installment in the Kirby (series), ''Kirby'' series, second on the Switch, as ...
''
*El Jefe, from ''
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time''
*Fes from ''
Super Monkey Ball
''Super Monkey Ball'' is a series of Platformer, platform video games initially developed by Amusement Vision (now Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio) and published by Sega. The series debuted in 2001 with the arcade game ''Monkey Ball'', which was ported to ...
: Banana Rumble''
*
Gado,
Shina,
Long
Long may refer to:
Measurement
* Long, characteristic of something of great duration
* Long, characteristic of something of great length
* Longitude (abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate
* Longa (music), note value in early music mens ...
and
Shenlong, from ''
Bloody Roar
is a series of fighting games created by Hudson Soft and developed together with Eighting. The series has been published by multiple companies including Activision, Konami, SCEA, and Virgin Interactive. Konami holds the rights to the franchise ...
''
*
Guenhwyvar, a magical
black panther
A black panther is the Melanism, melanistic colour variant of the leopard (''Panthera pardus'') and the jaguar (''Panthera onca''). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical Rosette (zoology), rosettes are al ...
from the
astral plane
The astral plane, also called the astral realm, or the astral world, or the soul realm, or the spirit realm, is a plane of existence postulated by classical, medieval, oriental, esoteric, and New Age philosophies and mystery religions.G. R. S. ...
, in the fictional universe of the ''
Forgotten Realms
''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setti ...
''
*Hunter the Cheetah, from the ''
Spyro
''Spyro'' is a Platformer, platform game series originally created by Insomniac Games as an exclusive for Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation (console), PlayStation console. The series features the adventures of the main protagon ...
'' series
*
Katt and Tiga, from ''
Breath of Fire II''
* The Khajit, a race of humanoid cat people, from the ''
Elder Scrolls
''The Elder Scrolls'' is a series of action role-playing games, action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on Nonlinear gameplay, free-form gameplay in an ...
'' franchise
* Leongar, an anthropomorphic lion who is the leader of the beast pack, from ''
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
is a 2022 Action game, action-Platformer, platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the thirteenth mainline installment in the Kirby (series), ''Kirby'' series, second on the Switch, as ...
''
*
Neon Tiger, a Maverick from ''
Mega Man X3
''Mega Man X3'' (stylized as ''MEGA MAN X³''), known as in Japan, is a 1995 action game, action-platformer, platform game released by Capcom for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The game was originally released in Japan on Decem ...
''
*
Neyla and
Rajan, from ''
Sly 2: Band of Thieves''
*Octavio, from ''
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves''
*
Pura, from the ''
Crash Bandicoot
''Crash Bandicoot'' is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series c ...
'' series
*
T'ai Fu, from ''
T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger''
*Trap Shadow, a black and purple tiger armed with bear traps who can turn invisible, from ''
Skylanders: Swap Force''.
*Tuff Luck, a tigress armed with Traptanium-forged warblades and good luck, from ''
Skylanders: Trap Team''.
*Suku, Awilix's jaguar from ''
Smite''
Legends
*
Dawon, tiger from
Hindu mythology
Hindu mythology refers to the collection of myths associated with Hinduism, derived from various Hindu texts and traditions. These myths are found in sacred texts such as the Vedas, the Itihasas (the ''Mahabharata'' and the ''Ramayan ...
*
Maahes
Maahes (also spelled in Greek: Maches, Michos, Miysis, Mios, and Maeches) (Greek: Μαχές, Μιχός, Μίυσις, Μίος, or Μάιχες) was an ancient Egyptian lion-headed god of war, whose name means "he who is true beside her". He w ...
, Egyptian lion god of war, son of Bast
*
Panther, panther with sweet breath in
Medieval Bestiary
*
Sekhmet
In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet ( or Sachmis , from ; ) is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of medicine.
Sekhmet is also a solar deity, sometimes given the epithet "the Eye of Ra, eye of Ra". She is often associated with the goddesses Hatho ...
, a goddess in
Egyptian mythology
Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian pantheon, Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part ...
with the head of a lioness
*
Underwater panther
An underwater panther ( () or () ), is one of the most important of several mythical water beings among many Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and Great Lakes region, particularly among the Anishinaabe.
translates into "the Grea ...
, in
Native American mythology
*
Were-jaguar, shapeshifting jaguar spirit in
Olmec mythology
*
Byakko, white tiger in
Japanese mythology
Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. The history of thousands of years of contac ...
*The
Yali, a mythical lion from
Hindu mythology
Hindu mythology refers to the collection of myths associated with Hinduism, derived from various Hindu texts and traditions. These myths are found in sacred texts such as the Vedas, the Itihasas (the ''Mahabharata'' and the ''Ramayan ...
Mascots and others
*
Aubie
The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) a ...
, mascot of the
Auburn University
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 26,800 undergraduate students, over 6,100 post-graduate students, and a tota ...
American football team
*
Chester Cheetah
Chester Cheetah is a fictional character (arts), character and the official mascot for Frito-Lay's Cheetos brand snacks as well as Chester's Snacks which consists of flavored fries, popcorn and puffcorn.
History 1986–2003: Traditional animatio ...
, mascot of
Cheetos
Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos until 1998) is a crunchy corn- cheese puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the United ...
*Exxon tiger, mascot for
ExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil Corporation ( ) is an American multinational List of oil exploration and production companies, oil and gas corporation headquartered in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Founded as the Successors of Standard Oil, largest direct s ...
*
Leo, mascot of film and television studio
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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*Pouncer, mascot of the
University of Memphis
The University of Memphis (Memphis) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students.
The university maintains the Herff Col ...
American football and basketball teams.
*Ritche, mascot of the
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...
.
*Roary, mascot of the
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. The team plays their home game ...
American football team.
*
Paws, mascot of the
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...
baseball team.
*
Tony the Tiger
Tony the Tiger is the advertising cartoon anthropomorphic tiger mascot for Frosted Flakes (also known as Frosties) breakfast cereal, appearing on its packaging and advertising. After the original Kellogg's, Kellogg Company spun off its North Am ...
, mascot of
Frosted Flakes
Frosted Flakes or Frosties is a breakfast cereal, produced by WK Kellogg Co for the United States, Canada, and Caribbean markets and by Kellanova for the rest of the world, and consisting of sugar-coated corn flakes. It was introduced in the U ...
*
Willie the Wildcat, mascot of the
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant coll ...
Wildcats.
*
Who Dey, mascot of the
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The team plays its h ...
American football team.
See also
*
List of fictional cats and felines
This is a list of fictional cats and felines and is a subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. It includes a limited selection of notable felines from various works, organized by medium. More complete lists are accessible by clicking on the " ...
— Mixed list of mostly smaller felines
*
List of individual cats
This is a list of individual cats who have achieved some degree of popularity or notability.
Before the modern era
* Nedjem or Nojem (Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''nḏm'' "Sweet One" or "Sweetie"), 15th century BC. The cat of Puimre, second p ...
— Nonfictional cats
References
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Big cats
The term "big cat" is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus ''Panthera'', namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard.
All cats descend from the ''Felidae'' family, sharing similar musculature, c ...