Felidae

FelidaeFischer de Waldheim, 1817

Accepted name,

"Revised by Pocock (1917a, b, 1951), Weigel (1961), de Beaumont (1964), Hemmer (1978), Král and Zima (1980), Kratochvíl (1982c), Groves (1982a), Collier and O'Brien (1985), Salles (1992), Johnson and O'Brien (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000). Some (Honacki et al., 1982; McKenna and Bell, 1997; Van Gelder, 1977b) have followed Simpson (1945) and placed the majority of taxa in Felis, except for the large cats (i.e., Panthera and Acinonyx); however, this is not well supported by primary systematic studies and only poorly represents relationships below the family level. Most studies agree on the clear separation of the ""big cats"" (i.e., Panthera, Neofelis, Uncia) from the remainder. However, within the remaining group, there does not appear to be a clear consensus. Even the cheetah’s (Acinonyx) traditional position has been called into question ... [truncated]"