Felidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamiliae: Felinae – Pantherinae – †Machairodontinae – †Proailurinae

Overview of genera

Acinonyx – Caracal – Catopuma – Felis – Herpailurus – Leopardus – Leptailurus – Lynx – Neofelis – Otocolobus – Panthera – Pardofelis – Prionailurus – Puma – †Adelphailurus – †Amphimachairodus – †Asilifelis – †Diamantofelis – †Dinofelis – †Hemimachairodus – †Homotherium – †Hyperailurictis – †Katifelis – †Leptofelis – †Lokotunjailurus – †Machairodus – †Megantereon – †Metailurus – †Miomachairodus – †Miopanthera – †Miracinonyx – †Namafelis – †Nimravides – †Paramachairodus – †Pratifelis – †Pristifelis – †Proailurus – †Promegantereon – †Rhizosmilodon – †Sivaelurus – †Sivapanthera – †Smilodon – †Stenailurus – †Styriofelis – †Tchadailurus – †Xenosmilus – †Yoshi

Name

Felidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817: 372 ["Felini"]

Synonyms

Euailuroida Kretzoi, 1929
Felinoidea Brunet, 1979
Feloidae Hay, 1930
Feloidea Simpson, 1931
Lyncina Gray, 1867

References

Primary references

Fischer, G. 1817. Adversaria zoologica. Fascicule I. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5: 357–446. BHL. 1 De nexu corporum naturalium in universum. pp. 357–367. 2 De systemate Mammalium. pp. 368–391. 3 De mammalium generibus. pp. 391–446. Reference page.

Additional references

Kitchener, A.C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, Ch., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., Yamaguchi, N., Abramov, A.V., Christiansen, P., Driscoll, C., Duckworth, J.W., Johnson, W., Luo, S.-J., Meijaard, E., O’Donoghue, P., Sanderson, J., Seymour, K., Bruford, M., Groves, C., Hoffmann, M., Nowell, K., Timmons, Z. & Tobe, S. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/ SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11: 80 pp. PDF. Reference page.

Links

Felidae in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Kotzen
беларуская: Каціныя
български: Котки
বাংলা: ফেলিডি
català: Felí
corsu: felini
čeština: Kočkovití
dansk: Kattefamilien
Deutsch: Katzen
English: Cat Family, Felids
Esperanto: Felisedoj
español: Félidos
eesti: Kaslased
suomi: Kissaeläimet
Nordfriisk: Kaater
français: Félidés
galego: Felinos
עברית: חתוליים
hrvatski: Mačke
magyar: Macskafélék
Bahasa Indonesia: Kucing
italiano: Felidi
日本語: ネコ科
Jawa: Kucing
한국어: 고양이과
kurdî: Famîleya pisîkan
Lëtzebuergesch: Kazen
Limburgs: Katte
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ကြောင်မျိုးရင်း
norsk bokmål: Kattefamilien
Nederlands: Katachtigen
norsk nynorsk: Kattedyr
norsk: Kattefamilien
polski: Kotowate
português: Felídeos
русский: Кошачьи
Sunda: Ucing
svenska: Kattdjur
ไทย: วงศ์เสือและแมว
Türkçe: Kedigiller
українська: Котячі
Tiếng Việt: Họ Mèo
walon: Tchetidî
中文（简体）: 猫科
中文（繁體）: 貓科

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