Felinae Fischer de Waldheim 1817

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 532

Felinae Fischer de Waldheim 1817

Felinae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 , Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, 5: 372.

Synonyms: Acinonychinae Pocock 1917 ; Guepardina Gray 1867 ; Lyncini Kalandadze and Rautian 1992 ; Profelina Kalandadze and Rautian 1992 ; Therailurini Kalandadze and Rautian 1992 .

Genera: 11 genera with 34 species:

Genus Acinonyx Brookes 1828 (1 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Caracal Gray 1843 (1 species with 8 subspecies)

Genus Catopuma Severtzov 1858 (2 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Felis Linnaeus 1758 (7 species with 43 subspecies)

Genus Leopardus Gray 1842 (9 species with 41 subspecies)

Genus Leptailurus Severtzov 1858 (1 species with 18 subspecies)

Genus Lynx Kerr 1792 (4 species with 20 subspecies)

Genus Pardofelis Severtzov 1858 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Prionailurus Severtzov 1858 (5 species with 13 subspecies)

Genus Profelis Severtzov 1858 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Puma Jardine 1834 (2 species with 14 subspecies)

Discussion: A comparison of four recent phylogenetic analyses of the non-pantherine cats shows little consensus at branch points other than those that might be recognized as genera. For this reason all non-pantherine cats are tentatively grouped together in the Felinae . Synonyms allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997).