Felinae

FelinaeFischer de Waldheim, 1817

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

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).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.