Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Felinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758
Felis leo Linnaeus, 1758
Felis lynx Linnaeus, 1758
Felis onca Linnaeus, 1758
Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758
Felis pardus Linnaeus, 1758
Felis tigris Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

Felis (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758
Herpailurus (Subgenus) Severtzov, 1858
Ictailurus (Subgenus) Severtzov, 1858
Leopardus (Subgenus) Gray, 1842
Leptailurus (Subgenus) Severtzov, 1858
Lynchailurus (Subgenus) Severtzov, 1858
Lynx (Subgenus) Kerr, 1792		Ref: R. Kerr, 1792: 41, 155; 145.
Mayailurus (Subgenus) (Imaizumi, 1967)
Microfelis (Subgenus) Roberts, 1926
Oreailurus (Subgenus) Cabrera, 1940
Otocolobus (Subgenus) Brandt, 1842
Pardofelis (Subgenus) Severtzov, 1858
Prionailurus (Subgenus) Severtzov, 1858
Profelis (Subgenus) Severtzov, 1858
Puma (Subgenus) Jardine, 1834

Current position

Felinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 534.

Alternative positions

Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 113.
Felini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 60.

Historical positions

Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945	Ref: F. Solé et al., 2014: fig. 9. [rough position]
Felinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 534.
Felini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A. Turner, 1997
Felinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 231.
Felinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 289.
Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 113.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1044. [rough position]
Felidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454. [rough position]
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 60.
Feræ (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 41.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7s;44ss;41v; †5s;1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Oct 2014	[7s;44ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 537	[7s;44ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[5s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[27s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	6s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[7s]