n iv ores , ▁and ▁most ▁are ▁solit ary ▁pred ators ▁amb ushing ▁or ▁st alk ing ▁their ▁pre y . ▁Wild ▁c ats ▁occur ▁in ▁Africa , ▁Europe , ▁Asia ▁and ▁the ▁Amer icas . ▁Some ▁wild ▁cat ▁species ▁are ▁adapted ▁to ▁forest ▁habit ats , ▁some ▁to ▁ar id ▁environments , ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁also ▁to ▁wet lands ▁and ▁mountain ous ▁terrain . ▁Their ▁activity ▁patterns ▁range ▁from ▁no ct urn al ▁and ▁cre pus cular ▁to ▁di urn al , ▁depending ▁on ▁their ▁preferred ▁pre y ▁species . ▁ ▁Regin ald ▁In nes ▁P oc ock ▁divided ▁the ▁ext ant ▁Fel idae ▁into ▁three ▁sub famil ies : ▁the ▁Pan ther inae , ▁the ▁Fel inae ▁and ▁the ▁Ac in ony ch inae , ▁differ ing ▁from ▁each ▁other ▁by ▁the ▁o ss ification ▁of ▁the ▁hy oid ▁appar atus ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁cut aneous ▁she ath s ▁which ▁protect ▁their ▁cla ws . ▁This ▁concept ▁has ▁been ▁re vised ▁following ▁develop ments ▁in ▁mole cular ▁bi ology ▁and ▁techniques ▁for ▁analysis ▁of ▁morph ological ▁data . ▁Today , ▁the ▁living ▁Fel idae ▁are ▁divided ▁in ▁two ▁sub famil ies : ▁the ▁Pan ther inae ▁and ▁Fel inae , ▁with ▁the ▁Ac in ony ch inae ▁sub sum ed ▁into ▁the ▁latter . ▁Pan ther inae ▁includes ▁five ▁Pan ther a ▁and ▁two ▁Ne of el is ▁species , ▁while ▁Fel inae ▁includes ▁the ▁other ▁ 3 4 ▁species ▁in ▁ten ▁gener a . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁c ats ▁emer