of mammals in the order Carnivora, colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is called a felid. The term "cat" refers both to felids in...

A rosette is a rose-like marking or formation found on the fur and skin of some animals, particularly cats. Rosettes are used to camouflage the animal...

the Canidae. Most felids have penile spines that induce ovulation during copulation. Felids have a vomeronasal organ in the roof of the mouth, allowing...

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...

felid hybrid is any of a number of hybrids between various species of the cat family, Felidae. This article deals with hybrids between the species of...

This list of fictional big cats is subsidiary to the List of fictional cats and other felines and includes notable large feline characters that appear...

Felinae: The phylogenetic relationships of Felinae are shown in the following cladogram: Cats portal List of felids Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Felinae"....

classification. Big cat List of felids Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Pantherinae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic...

large felids such as lions and tigers, see List of fictional big cats. This section deals with notable cat characters that appear in literature works of fiction...

usually larger and have a more sensitive smell than normal dogs. For a list of breeds of each type, see the detailed articles for each category: Wolf hunt...

effect on the small-felid guild in the lowland neotropics". In Macdonald, D. & Loveridge, A. (eds.). Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. New York: Oxford...

Smilodon is an extinct genus of felids. It is one of the best known saber-toothed predators and prehistoric mammals. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed...

Eizirik, Eduardo (19 February 2015). "Recurrent Evolution of Melanism in South American Felids". PLOS Genetics. 10 (2): e1004892. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen...

is an upper respiratory or pulmonary infection of cats caused by Felid alphaherpesvirus 1 (FeHV-1), of the family Herpesviridae. It is also commonly referred...

an introduction to the wild felids". In Macdonald, D. W. & Loveridge, A. J. (eds.). Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford, UK: Oxford University...

are of limited mobility. Hyenas have no baculum. Hyenas have one more pair of ribs than canids do, and their tongues are rough like those of felids and...

"Conservation genetics and molecular ecology of Neotropical felids". In Hughes, J. & Mercer, R. (eds.). Felid Biology and Conservation Conference 17–19 September...

as some level of threatened by the IUCN Red List: the lion, leopard and snow leopard are categorized as Vulnerable; the tiger is listed as Endangered;...

making it one of the largest known felids to ever exist, and an important apex predator. The American lion became extinct as part of the end-Pleistocene...

similar to that of domestic cats; it takes place primarily in the trees and occurs several times while the female is in heat. Unlike other felids, margays are...

Yamaguchi, N. (2010). "Felid form and function" (PDF). In Macdonald, D. W. & Loveridge, A. J. (eds.). Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford: Oxford...

that contains all the species of a particular group of felids, but as a general term "panther" is also used for other felids, more commonly for melanistic...

Carnivora are divided into two suborders, the Feliformia, containing the true felids and several "cat-like" animals; and the Caniformia, containing the true...

of the lost world: a hypothetical look at the temporal and spatial distribution of lion-like felids". Quaternaire. 4: 229–236. Stuart, A. J., Lister,...

"Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae)". In Macdonald, D. W. & Loveridge, A. J. (eds.). Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford, UK: Oxford University...

"Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae)". In Macdonald, D. W. & Loveridge, A. J. (eds.). Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford, UK: Oxford University...

the third-highest bite force of all felids, after the tiger and the lion. It has an average bite force at the canine tip of 887.0 Newton and a bite force...

cat (Catopuma temminckii) and the bay cat (C. badia), all of which diverged from other felids about 9.4 million years ago. The marbled cat is similar in...

population due to the lack of a standardized nomenclature. Male felids are able to urinate backwards by curving the tip of the glans penis backward. In...

friendly intent to the other animal, and is generally reciprocated by other felids. It may also signify happiness, as content leopards tend to be more vocal...