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?
- Species Nigripes? (black-legged cat)
- Species Caracal?
- Species Lynx?
- Species Rufus? ([red lynx]?)
- Species Pardalis?
- Species Pardinoides?
- Species Yagouaroundi?
- Species Colocolo? ([pampas cat]?)
- Species Jacobita?
- Species Concolor? (puma?, or mountain lion, or catamount)
- Genus Neofelis? - medium-sized cats
- Species Nebulosa?
- Genus Panthera - big cats (note: 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?