Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Parent taxon: Felidae according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
See also Berta 1983, Bjork 1970, Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017, Ginsburg 1977, Hay 1902, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Roussiakis and Theodorou 2003, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Villalta Comella 1952 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Aeluropsis, Ailurin, Catolynx, Cynaelurus, Cynailurus, Diamantofelis, Drepanodon, Epimachairodus, Hyperailurictis, Jansofelis, Katifelis, Machaerodus, Machairodontinae, Mellivorodon, Namafelis, Pantherinae, Plethaelurus, Proailurus, Profelis, Propontosmilus, Pseudaelurus, Sivaelurus, Sivafelis, Sivasmilus, Uncia, Vinayakia, Viretailurus, Vishnufelis
Subtaxa: Acinonyx Caracal Catopuma Felini Felis Herpailurus Leopardus Leptailurus Leptofelis Lynx Magerifelis Miopanthera Miracinonyx Neofelis Otocolobus Panthera Pardofelis Pratifelis Prionailurus Pristifelis Puma Sivapanthera Styriofelis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (2 collections), Argentina (14), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bolivia (5), Brazil (17), Bulgaria (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan), Chile (7), China (24), the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Egypt (3), Ethiopia (4), France (27), Georgia (4), Germany (11), Greece (22), Honduras (1), Hungary (7), India (1), Indonesia (6), Israel (4), Italy (34), Japan (2), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (12), Laos (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (2), Malaysia (1), Mexico (9), Monaco (3), Mongolia (1), Morocco (8), the Netherlands (5), Niger (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Peru (9), Portugal (2), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (9), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (48), Spain (21), Sudan (6), Swaziland (1), Syria (1), Taiwan (2), Tajikistan (1), Tanzania (8), Thailand (1), Turkey (4), the United Kingdom (7), United States (149: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming), Uruguay (6), Venezuela (1), Zambia (2)
• Blancan of Mexico (4), United States (44: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bulgaria (1), China (1), France (2), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Kenya (1), South Africa (4), Turkey (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (3), Chad (1), China (2), Ethiopia (4), France (3), Georgia (1), Greece (2), Hungary (6), India (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (2), Moldova (3), Morocco (2), Poland (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (5), South Africa (8), Spain (4), Tajikistan (2), Tanzania (16), Turkey (1), Ukraine (2), United States (2: California)
• Hemphillian of United States (14: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
• Baodean of China (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of China (3), South Africa (3)
• Neogene of Taiwan (2)
• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), China (4), France (13), Germany (2), Greece (5), Italy (4), Kenya (1), Moldova (2), Morocco (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (4), Turkey (2), United States (2: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 750 collections including 1093 occurrences