Felidae
Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Carnivora, Family Felidae
In English, felines, or cats. This family contains:
Subfamily Felinae - small cats
- 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 Pardinoides
- Species Yagouaroundi (jaguarundi)
- Species Colocolo (pampas cat)
- Species Jacobita
- Species Catus
- Genus Puma
- Species Puma concolor - (puma, mountain lion, cougar or catamount)
- Genus Leopardus
- Species Leopardus pardalis - (ocelot)
- Species Leopardus tigrinus - (little spotted cat)
- Species Leopardus wiedii - (margay)
Subfamily Pantherinae - large cats
- Genus Neofelis - medium-sized cats
- Species Neofelis nebulosa - (clouded leopard)
- Genus Panthera - big cats (note: the black "panther" is usually a black leopard or jaguar)
- Species Panthera leo (lion)
- Species Panthera tigris (tiger)
- Species Panthera pardus (leopard)
- Species Panthera onca (jaguar)
- Genus Pardofelis
- Species Pardofelis marmorata - (marbled cat)
- Genus Uncia
- Species Uncia uncia - (snow leopard)
- Genus Smilodon - extinct
- Species Smilodon fatalis - (sabre-tooth cat)
Subfamily Acinonychinae
- Genus Acinonyx - strange cats
- Species Acinonyx jubatus - (cheetah)