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Cats (Felis catus)

(Some of these animals are extinct)

• British Shorthair
• American Curl
• Bombay
• Himalayan
• Chartreux
• Balinese Cat
• Korat
• Japanese Bobtail
• Savanah Cat
• Ragamuffin Cat
• Singapura Cat
• Selkirk Rex
• La Perm
• Somali Cat
• Havana Brown
• American Wirehair
• Javanese Cat
• Cymric Cat
• Munchkin Cat
• Snowshoe Cat
• Nebelung
• Colorpoint Shorthair
• Pixie-bob
• Oriental Shorthair
• Burmilla
• Dragon Li
• Peterbald
• Siamese Cat
• Persian Cat
• Ragdoll
• Maine Coon
• Bengal
• Sphynx
• Abyssinian Cat
• Russian Blue
• Burmese Cat
• American Bobtail
• Siberian Cat
• Birman
• American Shorthair
• Scottish Fold
• Exotic Shorthair
• Cornish Rex
• Ocicat
• Norwegian Forest Cat
• Tonkinese
• Turkish Angora
• Manx
• Devon Rex
• Egyptian Mau
• Turkish Van
• Chausie
• Highlander
• Kurilian Bobtail
• Persian

Wildcat (Felis silvestris)

• European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
• African Wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica)
• Asiatic wildcat (Felis silvestris ornata)
• Cretan Wildcat (Felis silvestris cretensis)
• Caucasian Wildcat (Felis silvestris caucasica)
• Arabian Wildcat (Felis silvestris gordoni)
• Southern African Wildcat (Felis silvestris cafra)
• Turkestan Wildcat (Felis silvestris caudata)
• Corsican Wildcat (Felis silvestris reyi)
• Syrian Wildcat (Felis silvestris nesterovi)
• Balearic Wildcat (Felis silvestris jordansi)
• Kalahari Wildcat (Felis silvestris griselda)
• Mid-belt Wildcat (Felis silvestris foxi)
• Iraqi Wildcat (Felis silvestris iraki)
• East African Wildcat (Felis silvestris rubida)
• Ugandan Wildcat (Felis silvestris ugandae)
• Tristram's Wildcat (Felis silvestris tristrami)
• Mongolian Wildcat (Felis silvestris chutuchta)
• Rhodesian Wildcat (Felis silvestris mellandi)
• Abyssinian Wildcat (Felis silvestris ocreata)
• Hausa Wildcat (Felis silvestris hausa)

Big Cats

• Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
• Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi)
• Formosan cloud leopard (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura)
• Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
• Jaguar (Panthera onca)
• Cougar (Puma concolor) [Puma, Mountain Lion, Catamount, Panther]
• Eastern Cougar (Puma concolor couguar)
• Florida Panther (Puma concolor coryi)
• North American Cougar (Puma concolor couguar)
• Costa Rican Cougar (Puma concolor costaricensis)
• Argentine Cougar (Puma concolor cabrerae)
• Northern South American Cougar (Puma concolor concolor)
• Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
• Leopard (Panthera pardus)*
• African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)
• Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)
• Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
• Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)
• Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas)
• Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr)
• North-Chinese Leopard (Panthera pardus japonensisc)
• Sri Lanka Leopard ( Panthera pardus kotiya)
• Sinai Leopard (Panthera pardus jarvisi) [Asia Minor Leopard]
• Anatolian Leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana)
• Indochinese Leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri)
• Lion (Panthera leo)
• Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica)
• African Lion (Panthera leo leo)
• Panthera Leo Spelaea (Panthera leo spelaea)
• Southwest African Lion (Panthera leo bleyenberghi)
• Sri Lanka Lion (Panthera leo sinhaleyus)
• American Lion (Panthera leo atrox)
• Cape Lion (Panthera leo melanochaitus)
• European Lion (Panthera leo europaea)
• Transvaal Lion (Panthera leo krugeri)
• East African Lion (Panthera leo nubica)
• West African Lion (Panthera leo senegalensis)
• Congo Lion (Panthera leo azandica)
• Panthera leo vereshchagini (Panthera leo vereshchagini)
• Panthera leo fossilis (Panthera leo fossilis)
• Tiger (Panthera tigris)
• Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
• Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
• South China Tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis)
• Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)
• Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
• Caspian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata )
• Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni)
• Indochinese Tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti)
• Bali Tiger (Panthera tigris balica)

More Cats

• Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii)
• African Golden Cat (Caracal aurata)
• Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita)
• Chinese Mountain Cat (Felis bieti)
• Bay Cat (Pardofelis badia)
• Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)
• Jungle Cat (Felis chaus)
• Bay Cat (Pardofelis badia) [Bornean Cat, Bornean Bay Cat, Bornean Marbled Cat]
• Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)
• Rusty Spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
• Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
• Pallas Cat (Otocolobus manul)
• Sand Cat (Felis margarita) [Sand Dune Cat]
• Iriomote Cat (Prionailurus iriomotensis)
• Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
• Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
• Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
• Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
• Geoffroy's Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)
• Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)
• Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
• Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
• Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
• Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)
• Caracal (Caracal caracal)
• Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
• Serval (Leptailurus serval)
• Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
• Tigon (Panthera tigris × Panthera leo)**
• Pumapard (Panthera pardus × Puma concolor)***
• Homotherium (Homotherium)
• Machairodontinae (Machairodontinae)
• Saber-toothed tiger (Smilodon)
• Machairodus (Machairodus)
• Proailurus lemanensis (Proailurus lemanensis)

*Someties, a leopard exhibits melanism. Melanism means it has too much dark pigment in its skin or fur. The leopards are sometimes called ¨black panthers¨. The spots are still visible.

**A cross between a male tiger and a female lion.

***A cross between a puma and a leopard.