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Felidae Summary & Directory
Topic Started: Jan 7 2012, 08:53 PM (7,343 Views)
Taipan
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FAMILY FELIDAE - CATS,
37 species
Size range: Rusty-spotted Cat and Black-footed Cat (1-2.5kg) to Tiger (75-325kg)

The cat family arose approximately 30 million years ago in what is now Eurasia, and today occurs globally except in the Arctic, Antarctica and Australasia. Cats are divided into two major subfamilies:

Big cats, subfamily Pantherinae (7 species) , compromising the Panthera genus plus Clouded Leopards.Small cats, subfamily Felinae (30 species) , which includes the Cheetah and Puma; despite their size, both these species are essentially outsized small cats that evolved larger bodies to fill similar niches to the large Panther cats.

Thirty-seven cat species are currently recognised, though molecular analyses may produce further revisions. Preliminary genetic data suggest that the Chinese Mountain Cat may be a subspecies of the Wildcat rather than a separate species, while genetic only recently revealed that Clouded Leopards on Borneo and Sumatra were sufficiently distinct from mainland animals to be reclassified as a separate species. Cats are hypercarnivores that subsist almost entirely on animal prey, which is killed by a suffocating bite to the throat in the case of large prey, or by crushing the soul of small prey. Most cats are solitary, territorial and nocturno-crepuscular. The Lion is the only cat that lives in large and complex social groups, though male Cheetahs form small, enduring coalitions, and free-living domestic cats in colonies sometimes form small and stable social groups.




Felidae Directory
Felinae
Acinonyx
Cheetah - Acinonyx jubatus

Caracal
Caracal - Caracal caracal

Catopuma
Asian Golden Cat - Catopuma temminckii

Bornean Bay Cat - Catopuma badia

Felis
Black-footed Cat - Felis nigripes

Chinese Desert (or Mountain) Cat - Felis bieti

Jungle Cat - Felis chaus

Sand Cat - Felis margarita

Wildcat - Felis silvestris

Leopardus
Andean Mountain Cat - Leopardus jacobitus

Colocolo - Leopardus colocolo

Geoffroy's Cat - Leopardus geoffroyi

Kodkod - Leopardus guigna

Margay - Leopardus weidi

Ocelot - Leopardus pardalis

Oncilla (Little Spotted Cat) - Leopardus tigrinus

Pantanal Cat - Leopardus braccatus

Leptailurus
Serval - Leptailurus serval

Lynx
Bobcat - Lynx rufus

Canadian Lynx - Lynx canadensis

Eurasian Lynx - Lynx lynx

Iberian Lynx - Lynx pardinus

Otocolobus
Pallas's Cat (Manul) - Otocolobus manul

Pardofelis
Marbled Cat - Pardofelis marmorata

Profelis
African Golden Cat - Profelis aurata

Prionailurus
Fishing Cat - Prionailurus viverrinus

Flat-headed Cat - Prionailurus planiceps

Leopard Cat - Prionailurus bengalensis

Rusty-spotted Cat - Prionailurus rubiginosus

Puma
Cougar - Puma Concolor

Jaguarundi - Puma yagouaroundi

Pantherinae
Neofelis
Sundaland (Bornean) Clouded Leopard - Neofelis diardi

Clouded Leopard - Neofelis nebulosa

Panthera
Jaguar - Panthera onca

Leopard - Panthera pardus

Lion - Panthera leo

Snow Leopard - Panthera uncia

Tiger - Panthera tigris

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Extinct Felidae
Diamantofelis ferox

Felinae
Acinonyx
Giant Cheetah - Acinonyx pardinensis

Dinofelis
Dinofelis spp.

Felis
Martelli's Cat - Felis lunensis

Lynx
Issoire Lynx - Lynx issiodorensis

Miracinonyx
American Cheetah - Miracinonyx inexpectatus & trumani

Puma
Owen's Panther - Puma pardoides

Pseudaelurus
Pseudaelurus spp.

Machairodontinae
Adelphailurus
Adelphailurus kansensis

Amphimachairodus
Amphimachairodus coloradensis

Amphimachairodus giganteus

Amphimachairodus kabir

Amphimachairodus kurteni

Homotherium
American Scimitar - Homotherium serum

European Scimitar - Homotherium latidens

Giant European Homotherium - Homotherium crenatidens

Homotherium venezuelensis

Lokotunjailurus
Lokotunjailurus spp.

Machairodus
Machairodus aphanistus

Machairodus horribilis

Megantereon
Megantereon cultridens

Metailurus
Metailurus spp.

Paramachairodus
Paramachairodus spp.

Promegantereon
Promegantereon ogygia

Rhizosmilodon
Rhizosmilodon fiteae

Smilodon
Smilodon fatalis

Smilodon gracilis

Smilodon populator

Xenosmilus
Xenosmilus hodsonae

Yoshi
Yoshi spp.

Pantherinae
Panthera
American Lion - Panthera leo atrox

Bali Tiger - Panthera tigris balica

Barbary Lion - Panthera leo leo

Caspian Tiger - Panthera tigris virgata

Early Middle Pleistocene European Cave Lion - Panthera leo fossilis

European Cave Lion - Panthera leo spelaea

European (Late Pleistocene) Ice Age leopard - Panthera pardus spelaea

European Jaguar - Panthera (onca) gombaszoegensis

Javan Tiger - Panthera tigris sondaica

Longdan Tiger - Panthera zdanskyi

Ngandong Tiger - Panthera (tigris) sondaica

Panthera blytheae

Patagonian Panther - Panthera onca mesembrina

Pleistocene Jaguar - Panthera onca augusta

Wanhsien Tiger - Panthera tigris acutidens

Zanzibar Leopard - Panthera pardus adersi

Proailurinae
Proailurus
Proailurus lemanensis
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