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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 hybrids such as ligers and tiglons.

Literature

Name	Species	Author	Work	Notes
Aslan	Lion	C. S. Lewis	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	A talking lion, the King of Beasts, son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea; a wise, compassionate, magical authority (both temporal and spiritual); mysterious and benevolent guide to the human children who visit; guardian and saviour of Narnia. Lewis described Aslan as an alternative version of Christ, that is, as the form in which Christ might have appeared in a fantasy world. "Aslan" is Turkish for "lion".^[1]
Bagheera	Leopard	Rudyard Kipling	The Jungle Book	Friendly, loyal, trustworthy, protective, sly, clever, serious and responsible character
Chandre	Lion	Eduard Uspenskiy	Cheburashka
Cowardly Lion	Lion	L. Frank Baum	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	As his name implies, he is a lion without any courage.
Grograman	Lion	Michael Ende	The NeverEnding Story	Dubbed "The Many Colored Death" (Graógramán, der Bunte Tod in German)
Guenhwyvar	Black panther	R. A. Salvatore	The Dark Elf Trilogy	600 lb. Astral entity, summoned through a figurine likeness. Guenhwyvar can spend half a day on the Material Plane before needing to be dismissed home to rest. She will also heal faster on the Astral Plane. Companion to Drizzt Do'Urden.
Hungry Tiger	Tiger	L. Frank Baum	Ozma of Oz	A gluttonous tiger who will not eat friends or defenseless beings due to his conscience
Jad-bal-ja	Lion	Edgar Rice Burroughs	Tarzan and the Golden Lion	A companion to Tarzan
Jussuf	Tiger	Günter Eich	Der Tiger Jussuf	The title circus tiger in a radio play
Lafcadio	Lion	Shel Silverstein	Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back	The title character in a children's book
Naga	Lioness	Scott Hawkins	The Library at Mount Char	Short for 'Nagasaki' She is a young lioness who befriends the hero of the story.
Painted Jaguar	Jaguar	Rudyard Kipling	Just So Stories	A jaguar cub who is one of the antagonists of the story.
Richard Parker	Tiger	Yann Martel	Life of Pi	Companion to Pi, originally named "Thirsty" but renamed due to a name confusion with the hunter
Shere Khan	Tiger	Rudyard Kipling	The Jungle Book	A dishonorable tiger who seeks to devour Mowgli and rule the jungle
Stelmaria	Snow leopard	Philip Pullman	His Dark Materials	Lord Asriel's daemon
Tigger	Tiger	A. A. Milne	Winnie the Pooh	Does not like thistles, acorns or honey, but loves Malt Medicine
The Tiger Who Came to Tea	Tiger	Judith Kerr	The Tiger Who Came to Tea	A tiger who interrupts Sophie and her family's afternoon tea session

Film

Baby, a tame leopard in the film Bringing Up Baby starring Cary Grant
Charlie, a cougar raised in captivity and grown to be wild in the film Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
Duma, a cheetah in the film Duma and Walt Disney's live-action film Cheetah
Elsa the Lioness, raised by Joy Adamson in Born Free
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
Clarence, a lion in the 1965 film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
Proxima, Frank Wolff's pet jaguar in the 2021 film Jungle Cruise.

Television

Agapito, lion from Carrascolendas
Daniel Striped Tiger on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Drooper, lion from The Banana Splits^[2]
Leonie Löwenherz, and her brothers Lambert Löwenherz and Ludwig Löwenherz. A German television series about a talking, upright-walking lioness.
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
Shiva, a Bengal Tigress from The Walking Dead
Cruise, a cheetah in Power Rangers Beast Morphers serving as Devon's Beast Bot partner

Animation

Comics

Adolar, a lion in the pantomime comic Der Löwe Adolar by Becker-Kasch.^[3]
Battle Cat, in the Masters of the Universe 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^[4] and Mabel F. Taylor.^[5]
Dr. Lion, the doctor in Rupert Bear's stories.^[6]
Galileu, a jaguar in Turma do Pererê
Herrmann, lion of Jimmy van Doren in Stephen Desberg and Daniel Desorgher's Jimmy van Doren.
Hobbes, an anthropomorphic stuffed tiger and best friend of Calvin in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
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.^[7]
King Lionel, a lion in Lionel's Kingdom
Lyle and Lana from Animal Crackers comic strip^[8]
Max, a bobcat companion of G.I. Joe pointman Spearhead in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero^[9]
Meo, a tiger in History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi.
Moloch, Corentin's pet tiger in Paul Cuvelier's Corentin.^[10]
The nameless lion who is the sidekick of the nameless shepherd's dog in Le Génie des Alpages by F'murr.^[11]
Nelson, a very old, one-eyed, toothless lion appearing in Western Circus, the 36th album of Belgian comic series Lucky Luke.
Richie, from the manga One Piece
Shiva, a tiger in The Walking Dead.
Tammananny Tiger, character in Walt Kelly's Pogo.
Tawky Tawny, an anthropomorphic tiger who appears as a supporting character of DC Comics' Captain Marvel.
Tiger Tim, a tiger created by Julius Stafford Baker.^[12]
Lying Cat, a Somewhat sentient feline, Who detects lies, from Saga.

Video games

Big the Cat, a supporting character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series
Bubsy, a bobcat from the eponymous series
Carol Tea, a wildcat and playable character from Freedom Planet
Charr, from Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2
Clawroline, an anthropomorphic leopard who is a member of the beast pack, from Kirby and the Forgotten Land
El Jefe, from Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Fes from Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble
Gado, Shina, Long and Shenlong, from Bloody Roar
Guenhwyvar, a magical black panther from the astral plane, in the fictional universe of the Forgotten Realms
Hunter the Cheetah, from the Spyro series
Katt and Tiga, from Breath of Fire II
The Khajit, a race of humanoid cat people, from the Elder Scrolls franchise
Leongar, an anthropomorphic lion who is the leader of the beast pack, from Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Neon Tiger, a Maverick from Mega Man X3
Neyla and Rajan, from Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Octavio, from Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
Pura, from the Crash Bandicoot 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
Maahes, Egyptian lion god of war, son of Bast
Panther, panther with sweet breath in Medieval Bestiary
Sekhmet, a goddess in Egyptian mythology with the head of a lioness
Underwater panther, in Native American mythology
Were-jaguar, shapeshifting jaguar spirit in Olmec mythology
Byakko, white tiger in Japanese mythology
The Yali, a mythical lion from Hindu mythology

Mascots and others

Chester Cheetah, mascot of Cheetos
Exxon tiger, mascot for Enco Extra and Esso Extra gasoline brands introduced in the 1950s
Leo, mascot of film and television studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Ritche, Mascot of the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Roary, mascot of the Detroit Lions American football team.
Paws, mascot of the Detroit Tigers baseball team.
Tony the Tiger, mascot of Frosted Flakes
Willie the Wildcat, mascot of the Kansas State University Wildcats.
Who Dey, mascot of the Cincinnati Bengals American football team.
Pouncer, mascot of the University of Memphis American football and basketball teams.
Aubie, mascot of the Auburn University American football team