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The family Felidae consists of 41 extant species belonging to 14 genera and divided into 92 subspecies. This does not include hybrid species (such as the liger) or extinct prehistoric species (such as Smilodon). Modern molecular studies indicate that the 14 genera can be grouped into 8 lineages. [9]
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]
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Members of the Felidae family are felids, or colloquially cats; "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to domestic cats. Felidae comprises two extant subfamilies, Felinae (small cats) and Pantherinae (large cats). There are 34 extant species in Felidae, divided into 14 genera.
This is a list of 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 .
Family Nandiniidae – African palm civet Genus Nandinia – African palm civet; Superfamily Feloidea. Family Felidae – cats Subfamily Pantherinae. Genus Neofelis – clouded leopards; Genus Panthera – lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard; Subfamily Felinae. Genus Catopuma – Bay cat and Asian golden cat; Genus Pardofelis – marbled cat
"A revised taxonomy of the Felidae" looks like it but mark it somewhere that it's for the whole table and not just the in-line use. Added an explicit heading that calls out the source. --Pres N 03:19, 26 March 2019 (UTC) The other articles all have the genus name, describer name/year, and number of species in the same line.
List of felids – the family Felidae consists of 41 extant species belonging to 14 genera and divided into 92 subspecies. List of domestic cat breeds – includes only domestic cat breeds and domestic × wild hybrids; List of individual cats – includes cats that have achieved some degree of popularity either in their own right.