FELIDAE, Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Felidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 54-168 : 54

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6376899
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6772695
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scientific name	FELIDAE
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Family FELIDAE View in CoL (CATS)

• Small to quite large mammals with rounded head and ratherflat face, facial whiskers, and large eyes and ears; sleek and streamlined body with muscular legs.

• 48.639 9 cm. View Figure

• Holarctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, and Oriental regions. View Figure

• From desert through forest to mountain areas, from cold temperate zone to tropics.

• 14 genera, 37 species,at least 228 extant taxa.

• 1 species Critically Endangered, 6 species Endangered, 9 species Vulnerable; 5 subspecies Extinct since 1600.