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The Leopard is the smallest of the big cats in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion and jaguar. In general tho the Cheetah is considered to be the smallest of the big cats.

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11y ago

Cheetahs, because they are super speedy and unquie.

Snow Leopard.

This is cheetah: You can have an opinion, but snow leopards are not my favorite.They are very cute though. Do you love cheetahs? Do you agree that tigers are lame-Os?

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Most say a copy cheetah but actually some types of tiger are indangerd like the Bengal and Siberian but also theres one cat called Linux cat which grow to (6ft) and live in glaciers . They also related to bob cats which live in deserts.

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Cheetahs are the smallest, and they are so small that they are sometimes not even considered big cats.

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The snow leopard is the rarest of the big cats and classified as endangered.

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The smallest wild cat is the Sandcat.

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