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Taxon: Family
Felidae
(Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- cats
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Laurasiatheria
....................................................................................Scrotifera
......................................................................................Fereuungulata
........................................................................................Superorder Ferae
..........................................................................................Order Carnivora - carnivores
............................................................................................Suborder Feliformia
..............................................................................................Infraorder Aeluroidea
................................................................................................Family Herpestidae - mongooses
................................................................................................Family Hyaenidae - aardwolf and hyenas
................................................................................................Family Nandiniidae - African palm civet
................................................................................................Family Viverridae - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
................................................................................................Family Felidae - cats
..................................................................................................Subfamily Felinae
..................................................................................................Subfamily †Machairodontinae
..................................................................................................Subfamily Pantherinae
..................................................................................................Subfamily †Proailurinae
..................................................................................................»Genus Acinonyx - cheetah
..................................................................................................»Genus Felis - small cats, lynxes, and cougar
..................................................................................................»Genus Neofelis - clouded leopard
..................................................................................................»Genus Panthera - big cats
..................................................................................................»Subfamily †Hoplophoneinae
..................................................................................................»Subfamily †Nimravinae
..................................................................................................(Genus †Archaelurus)
..................................................................................................(Genus Badiofelis)
..................................................................................................(Genus Ictalurus)
..................................................................................................(Genus Leo)
..................................................................................................(Genus Octolobus)
..................................................................................................(Genus Tigris)
..................................................................................................(Subfamily Acinonchinae)
..................................................................................................(Subfamily Acinonychinae)
..................................................................................................»(Genus Lynx) - lynxes
Geography
Distribution
:
Cosmopolitan
Geographic region
:
Central America
Geographic region
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North America
Geographic region
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South America
Ecology
Nutritional category
:
Carnivore s.s.
Ecology/Habitat
Habitat
:
Terrestrial
Ecology/Strategies
Feeding strategy
:
Raptorial predation
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012