Felidae

Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Carnivora, Family Felidae

In English, felines, or cats. This family contains:

Subfamily Felinae? - cats again

Genus Felis? - small cats

Species Catus?

Subspecies Domesticus (house cat or domestic cat)

Species Silvestris? (wood cat)

Species Lybica? (desert cat)

Species Margarita? (sand-dune cat)

Species Chaus? (papyrus cat)

Species Manul?

Species Bengalensis? (far-eastern cat)

Species Viverrinus? (fish cat)

Species Serval? ([Serval cat]?)

Species Nigripes? (black-legged cat)

Species Caracal? (Caracal lynx]])

Species Lynx?

Species Rufus? ([red lynx]?)

Species Pardalis?

Species Pardinoides?

Species Yagouaroundi? (jaguarundi?)

Species Colocolo? ([pampas cat]?)

Species Jacobita?

Species Concolor? (puma?, mountain lion, cougar or catamount)

Genus Neofelis? - medium-sized cats

Species Nebulosa? ([clouded leopard]?)

Genus Panthera - big cats (note: the "panther" is actually a black leopard)

Species Leo? (lion?)

Species Tigris (tiger)

Species Pardus? (leopard?)

Species Onca (jaguar)

Species Uncia? ([snow leopard]?)

Subfamily Acinonyx - strange cats

Species Jubatus? (cheetah?)