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All cats are members of the family Felidae. The felines are the most strictly carnivorous of the nine families in the order Carnivora. The cats' closest relatives are thought to be the other families in their branch of the carnivore evolutionary tree: the civets, hyenas, and mongooses. The first felids emerged during the Eocene, about 40 million years ago. The most familiar feline is the domestic cat, which first became associated with humans between 7000 and 4000 years ago. Its wild relatives still live in Africa and western Asia, although habitat destruction has restricted their range.
Other well-known members of the cat family include big cats such as the lion, tiger, leopardThis page is about the animal. For the tank, see Leopard MBT. For the coin, see English coin Half Florin or Leopard. Leopards Panthera pardus are one of the four 'big cats' of the genus Panthera''. The others are the Lion, Tiger, and Jaguar. They range in, jaguarJaguars Panthera onca are large members of the cat family native to South and Central America. They are closely related to the lions, tigers, and leopards of the Old World, and are the largest species of the cat family found in the Americas. They vary fro, and cheetah (which despite its size, appears to be descended from the small cats), and other wild cats such as the lynxLynx lynx ''Lynx canadensis ''Lynx pardinus ''Lynx rufus A Lynx is any of several medium-sized wild cats. Most are members of the genus Lynx but there is considerable confusion about the best way to classify felids at present, and some authorities classif, pumaThe puma Puma concolor is a type of large cat found in North and South America. It is also known by the regional names of cougar mountain lion panther catamount and painted cat . The term black panther is more commonly associated with the black color vari, and bobcatThe Bobcat Lynx rufus or Felis rufus is a small wild cat indigenous to North America. They have reddish-brown or yellowish-brown coats that are streaked with black or dark brown and have prominent, pointed ears with a tuft of black hair at the tip. They a.
1 Classification
- Subfamily Felinae
- Subfamily Pantherinae
- Subfamily Acinonychinae
