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The number of accepted species in Felidae has been around 40 since the 18th century, though research, especially modern molecular phylogenetic analysis, has over time adjusted the generally accepted genera as well as the divisions between recognized subspecies, species, and population groups. [9]
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Felidae (/ ˈ f ɛ l ɪ d iː /) is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats.A member of this family is also called a felid (/ ˈ f iː l ɪ d /). [3] [4] [5] [6]
This is a list of extant species in the Felidae family, which aims to evaluate their size, ordered by maximum reported weight and size of wild individuals on record. The list does not contain cat hybrids , such as the liger or tigon .
The Pantherinae is a subfamily of the Felidae; it was named and first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1917 as only including the Panthera species, [2] but later also came to include the clouded leopards (genus Neofelis).
Analysis of mitochondrial DNA of all Felidae species indicates a radiation at around [ 37 ] The last common ancestor of Leopardus , Puma and Lynx is estimated to have lived 10.95 to 6.3 million years ago , based on analysis of nuclear DNA of cat species. [ 4 ]
Many species are found in the twilight zone, while others live closer to shore in warmer waters. However, some species, like the dumbo octopus, live in the midnight zone where sunlight never reaches.
The small cats or Felinae are a subfamily of Felidae distinguished by their bony hyoids, which let them purr but not roar. [2] Other authors have proposed an alternative definition for this subfamily, as comprising only the living conical-toothed cat genera with two tribes, the Felini and Pantherini, and excluding the extinct sabre-toothed Machairodontinae.