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Taxon: Subfamily Felinae Batsch, 1788 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Felidae

Original position

Questionably Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably †Abelia (Genus) Kretzoi, 1938
Questionably †Adelphailurus (Genus) Hibbard, 1934
Questionably †Dinofelis (Genus) Zdansky, 1924
Questionably †Dolichofelis (Genus) Kretzoi, 1929
Questionably †Jansofelis (Genus) Bonifay, 1971
Questionably †Metailurus (Genus) Zdansky, 1924
Questionably †Nimravides (Genus) Kitts, 1958
Questionably †Pikermia (Genus) Kretzoi, 1938
Questionably †Pratifelis (Genus) Hibbard, 1934
Questionably †Sivaelurus (Genus) Pilgrim, 1913
Questionably †Sivapardus (Genus) Bakr, 1969
Questionably †Vishnufelis (Genus) Pilgrim, 1932

Subsequent entries

Felis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Neofelis (Genus) Gray, 1867
†Pseudaelurus (Genus) Gervais, 1850

Current position

Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 532.

Historical positions

Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 532.
Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: A. Turner, 1997
Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 230.
Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 288.
Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 11g;34s;171ss;41v; †14g;13s;1ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Oct 2014 [11g;34s;171ss; †14g]
2005 W.C. Wozencraft: 545 [11g;34s;171ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [2g; †13g]
1993 W.C. Wozencraft [13g;28s]
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