Felidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817

Family FELIDAE (CATS) • Small to quite large mammals with rounded head and ratherflat face, facial whiskers, and large eyes and ears; sleek and streamlined body with muscular legs. • 48.639 9 cm. • Holarctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, and Oriental regions. • From desert through forest to mountain areas, from cold temperate zone to tropics. • 14 genera, 37 species,at least 228 extant taxa. • 1 species Critically Endangered, 6 species Endangered, 9 species Vulnerable; 5 subspecies Extinct since 1600.

Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Felidae, pp. 54-168 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6376899

Keywords

Felidae, Mammalia, Carnivora, Animalia, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy

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