Felidae


Teaghlach Felidae - Cait (Beurla: Cats)

Fo-theaghlach Felinae cat beag, cat meadhanach mór (Beurla: small cats, medium-sized cats)

Gnè Acinonyx 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Acinonyx intermedius †)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Acinonyx jubatus) (Beurla: Cheetah)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Acinonyx pardinensis †) (Beurla: Giant cheetah)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Acinonyx aicha †)

Gnè Caracal 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Caracal caracal, Felis caracal) (Beurla: caracal, desert lynx)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Caracal caracal caracal) (Schreber, 1776) - inhabits South Africa
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Caracal caracal nubicus) (Fischer, 1829) - inhabits Nubia
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Caracal caracal algira) (Wagner, 1841) - ranges from Algeria through Tunesia to Morocco
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Caracal caracal lucani) (Rochebrune, 1885) - ranges from Angola to north of the Congo River basin
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Caracal caracal schmitzi) (Matschie, 1912) - ranges from the Dead Sea region through Syria and Pakistan to India
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Caracal caracal poecilotis) (Thomas and Hinton, 1921) - inhabits northern Nigeria
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Caracal caracal damarensis) (Roberts, 1926) - inhabits southwest Africa
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Caracal caracal limpopoensis) (Roberts, 1926) - inhabits Transvaal

Gnè Catopuma 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Catopuma badia, Pardofelis badia) (Beurla: bay cat) - endemic to the island of Borneo that appears relatively rare compared to sympatric felids, based on the paucity of historical, as well as recent records.
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Catopuma temminckii, Pardofelis temminckii) (Beurla: Asian golden cat, Temminck's cat) - lives throughout Southeast Asia, ranging from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India and Bangladesh to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Southern China, Malaysia and Sumatra

Gnè Felis 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis attica †)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis catus) (Beurla: domestic cat) (the domestic cat is sometimes considered a subspecies of Felis silvestris)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis chaus) (Beurla: jungle cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis lunensis †) (Beurla: Martelli's cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis margarita) (Beurla: sand cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis nigripes) (Beurla: black-footed cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris) (Beurla: wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris bieti, Felis bieti) (Beurla: Chinese mountain cat, Chinese desert cat, Chinese steppe cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris cafra) (Beurla: Southern African wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris caucasica) (Beurla: Caucasian wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris caudata) (Beurla: Turkestan wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris chutuchta) (Beurla: Mongolian wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris cretensis) (Beurla: Cretan wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris foxi) (Beurla: Mid-belt wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris gordoni) (Beurla: Arabian wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris grampia) (Beurla: Scottish wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris griselda) (Beurla: Kalahari wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris hausa) (Beurla: Hausa wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris iraki) (Beurla: Iraqi wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris jordansi) (Beurla: Balearic wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris lybica) (Beurla: African wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris mellandi) (Beurla: Rhodesian wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris nesterovi) (Beurla: Syrian wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris ocreata) (Beurla: Abyssinian wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris ornata) (Beurla: Asiatic wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris reyi) (Beurla: Corsican wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris rubida) (Beurla: East African wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris silvestris) (Beurla: European wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris tristrami) (Beurla: Tristram's wildcat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Felis silvestris ugandae) (Beurla: Ugandan wildcat)

Gèineas Leopardus 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus braccatus) (Beurla: pantanal cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus colocolo) (Beurla: colocolo)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus geoffroyi) (Beurla: Geoffroy's cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus guigna) (Beurla: kodkod)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus guttulus) (Beurla: Southern tigrina)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus jacobitus) (Beurla: Andean mountain cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus pajeros) (Beurla: pampas cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus pardalis) (Beurla: ocelot)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus tigrinus) (Beurla: oncilla, tigrina)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leopardus wiedii) (Beurla: margay)

Gèineas Leptailurus 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Leptailurus serval) (Beurla: Serval)

Gèineas Lynx 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Lynx canadensis) (Beurla: Canada lynx)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Lynx lynx) (Beurla: Eurasian lynx)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Lynx pardinus) (Beurla: Iberian lynx)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Lynx rufus) (Beurla: Bobcat)

Gèineas Miracinonyx † (Beurla: American cheetah) 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Miracinonyx inexpectatus †)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Miracinonyx trumani †, Miracinonyx studeri †)

Gèineas Otocolobus 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Otocolobus manul) (Beurla: Pallas's cat, manul)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Otocolobus manul manul) (Pallas, 1776) - inhabits the northern part of the range: from Jida River south of Lake Baikal to eastern Siberia
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Otocolobus manul nigripecta) (Hodgson, 1842) - inhabits Tibet and Indian Kashmir
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Otocolobus manul ferruginea) (Ognev, 1928) - inhabits the southwestern part of the range: the mountain ridge of Missanev, Kopet-Dag Mountains, Transcaspia, southwestern Turkestan, northern Iran, Baluchistan and Afghanistan

Gèineas Pardofelis 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Pardofelis marmorata) (Beurla: marbled cat) (Martin, 1836)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Pardofelis marmorata charltoni) (John Edward Gray, 1846)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Pardofelis marmorata marmorata) (William Charles Linnaeus Martin, 1836)

Gèineas Prionailurus (Severtzov, 1858) 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Prionailurus bengalensis) (Beurla: Leopard Cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Prionailurus planiceps) (Beurla: Flat-headed Cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Prionailurus rubiginosus) (Beurla: Rusty-spotted Cat)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Prionailurus viverrinus) (Beurla: Fishing Cat)

Gèineas Profelis (Severtzov, 1858) 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Profelis aurata) (Beurla: African golden cat) (Temminck, 1827)

Gèineas Puma (Jardine, 1834) 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771), Felis concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)) (Beurla: Cougar)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Puma pardoides †) (Owen, 1846) (Beurla: Owen's Panther)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Puma yagouaroundi) (Geoffroy, 1803) (Beurla: Jaguarundi)

Fo-theaghlach Pantherinae cat mór (Beurla: big cats)

Gèineas Neofelis 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Neofelis diardi) (Beurla: Sunda clouded leopard, Sundaland clouded leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Neofelis diardi borneensis)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Neofelis diardi diardi)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Neofelis nebulosa) (Beurla: clouded leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Neofelis nebulosa brachyurus †) (Beurla: Formosan clouded leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Neofelis nebulosa macrosceloides)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa)

Gèineas Panthera 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris) (Beurla: tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris amoyensis) (Beurla: South China tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris sumatrae) (Beurla: Sumatran tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris tigris) (Beurla: Bengal tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris jacksoni) (Beurla: Malayan tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris corbetti) (Beurla: Indochinese tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris altaica) (Beurla: Siberian tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris virgata †) (Beurla: Caspian tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris balica †) (Beurla: Bali tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris sondaica †) (Beurla: Javan tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris acutidens †)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera tigris trinilensis †) (Beurla: Trinil tiger)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo) (Beurla: lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo persica) (Beurla: Asiatic lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo leo) (Beurla: African lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo senegalensis) (Beurla: West African lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo massaica) (Beurla: Masai lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo azandica) (Beurla: Congo lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo bleyenberghi) (Beurla: Southwest African lion, Katanga lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo krugeri) (Beurla: Transvaal lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo barbarica) (Beurla: Barbary lion) extinct in the wild
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo melanochaita †) (Beurla: Cape lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo sinhaleyus †) (Beurla: Sri Lanka lion, Ceylon lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo spelaea †) (Beurla: Eurasian cave lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo fossilis †) - Early Middle Pleistocene European cave lion 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera leo atrox †) (Beurla: American lion, North American cave lion)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera onca) (Beurla: jaguar)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera onca hernandesii) (Beurla: Central American jaguar)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera onca onca) (Beurla: Coastal jaguar)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera onca palustris) (Beurla: Southern jaguar)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera onca gombaszoegensis †) (Beurla: European jaguar)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera onca augusta †) (Beurla: Pleistocene North American jaguar)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera onca mesembrina †) (Beurla: Pleistocene South American jaguar)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus) (Beurla: leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus pardus) (Beurla: African leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus orientalis) (Beurla: Amur leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus melas) (Beurla: Javan leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus nimr) (Beurla: Arabian leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus saxicolor) (Beurla: Persian leopard) including Panthera pardus tulliana (Beurla: Anatolian leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus fusca) (Beurla: Indian leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus kotiya) (Beurla: Sri Lanka leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus delacouri) (Beurla: Indochinese leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus japonensis) (Beurla: North China leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus begoueni †)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus sickenbergi †)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus antique †)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera pardus spelaea †) (Beurla: European Ice Age leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera uncia, Felis irbis, Felis uncia, Uncia uncia) (Beurla: snow leopard)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera blytheae) - prehistoric relative of snow leopard
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera crassidens) - probably identical with another felid taxon
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera palaeosinensis) Pleistocene pantherine, probably ancestral to the tiger
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera schreuderi) (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera shawi - a prehistoric lion with leopard spots.
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera toscana) (Beurla: Tuscany lion, Tuscany jaguar - probably junior synonym of Panthera onca gombaszoegensis (Beurla: European jaguar)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera youngi) - a prehistoric Chinese lion-like cat
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Panthera zdanskyi) - prehistoric relative of tiger

 Fo-theaghlach Machairodontinae † (Gill, 1872) (Beurla: saber-toothed cats) 
 Treubh Homotherini (Beurla: saber-toothed cats) 
 Gèineas Lokotunjailurus † 
 Gèineas Homotherium † 

 Treubh Metailurini (Beurla: saber-toothed cats) 
 Gèineas Adelphailurus † 
 Gèineas Dinofelis † 
 Gèineas Pontosmilus † 
 Gèineas Stenailurus † 
 Gèineas Metailurus † 

 Treubh Smilodontini (Beurla: saber-toothed cats) 
 Gèineas Megantereon † 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon cultridens †) (Cuvier, 1824)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon ekidoit †) Werdelin & Lewis, 2000
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon eurynodon †) Ewer, 1955
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon falconeri †) Pomel, 1853
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon gracilis †) Broom & Schepers, 1946
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon hesperus †) Gazin, 1933
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon inexpectatus †) Teilhard de Chardin, 1939
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon megantereon †) Croizet & Jobert, 1828
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon nihowanensis †) Teilhard de Chardin & Piveteau, 1930
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon spiryleris †) (?)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon vakhshensis †) (?)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Megantereon whitei †) Broom, 1937

 Gèineas Paramachairodus † 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Paramachairodus ogygia †)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Paramachairodus orientalis †)

 Gèineas Rhizosmilodon † 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Rhizosmilodon fiteae †) (Wallace & Hulbert, 2013)

 Gèineas Smilodon † 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Smilodon populator †) ((Lund, 1842))
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Smilodon fatalis †) (Leidy, 1869)
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Smilodon gracilis †) (Cope, 1880)

 Treubh Machairodontini (Beurla: saber-toothed cats) 
 Gèineas Hemimachairodus † 
 Gèineas Miomachairodus † 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Miomachairodus pseudaeluroides †)

 Gèineas Machairodus † 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Machairodus aphanistus †)

 Fo-theaghlach Proailurinae † (Beurla: first cat) 
 Gèineas Proailurus (Filhol, 1879) 
 (Laideann neo saidheansail: Proailurus lemanensis'''' †) (Filhol, 1779)

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