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Felines
	Tiger, the 2nd largest of the cats
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Superfamily:	Feloidea
Family:	Felidae; G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Subfamilies
	Felinae; Pantherinae; Acinonychinae ; Machairodontinae (extinct)

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Lions, tigers, cats and other Felines are members of the family Felidae.

For extensive detail on domestic cats, be sure to see the Domestic cats

Classification

Subfamily Felinae
- Genus Felis
  - Wild Cat, Felis silvestris
    - Domestic Cat, Felis silvestris catus
  - Sand Cat, Felis margarita
  - Jungle Cat, Felis chaus
  - Black-footed Cat, Felis nigripes
  - Chinese Desert Cat, Felis bieti
- Genus Otocolobus
  - Pallas Cat, Otocolobus manul
- Genus Catopuma(now pantherine)
  - Asiatic Golden Cat, Catopuma temminckii
  - Bay Cat, Catopuma badia
- Genus Profelis
  - African Golden Cat, Profelis aurata
- Genus Prionailurus
  - Leopard Cat, Prionailurus bengalensis
  - Fishing Cat, Prionailurus viverrinus
  - Flat-headed Cat, Prionailurus planiceps
  - Rusty-spotted Cat, Prionailurus rubiginosus
- Genus Lynx
  - Eurasian Lynx, Lynx lynx
  - Spanish Lynx, Lynx pardinus
  - Canadian Lynx, Lynx canadensis
  - Bobcat, Lynx rufus
- Genus Caracal
  - Caracal, Caracal caracal
- Genus Leptailurus
  - Serval, Leptailurus serval

- Genus Herpailurus
  - Jaguarundi, Herpailurus yaguarondi
- Genus Oncifelis
  - Pampas Cat, Oncifelis colocolo
  - Geoffroy's Cat, Oncifelis geoffroyi
  - Kodkod, Oncifelis guigna
- Genus Oreailurus
  - Andean Cat, Oreailurus jacobita
- Genus Leopardus
  - Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis
  - Margay, Leopardus wiedii
  - Little Spotted Cat, Leopardus tigrinus
- Genus Puma
  - Puma, Puma concolor
Subfamily Pantherinae
- Genus Pardofelis
  - Marbled Cat, Pardofelis marmorata
- Genus Neofelis
  - Clouded Leopard, Neofelis nebulosa
- Genus Uncia
  - Snow Leopard, Uncia uncia
- Genus Panthera
  - Lion, Panthera leo
  - Tiger, Panthera tigris
  - Leopard, Panthera pardus
  - Jaguar, Panthera onca
Subfamily Acinonychinae
- Genus Acinonyx
  - Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus

For more information, see the main article, Felidae.

Articles about specific species can also be found in the genus Subcategories listed below.

The Articles listed below are articles about each genus.

Subcategories

There are 18 subcategories to this category.

A

Acinonyx

C

F

Felis

H

Herpailurus

L

N

Neofelis

O

P

U

Uncia

Articles in category "Felidae"

There are 22 articles in this section of this category.

Felidae

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Machairodontinae

A

Acinonyx

C

F

Felis

H

Herpailurus

L

N

Neofelis

O

P

U

Uncia

There could be discussion about the usefulness of categories for the sub-families, but unless there were quite a huge number of species, it probably wouldn't make the category scheme more useful.

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