[editor-surveyor]

Very much related to the orthodoxy of declaring a species extinct to erase the error of having declared it a separate species.

Until you’ve seen them in close proximity, then the name game fails.
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[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Sorry, but you’ve jumped the shark on this one. Have a good day.

[Jeff Chandler]

Family Felidae (cats)

37 species in 18 genera belonging to 3 subfamilies, found worldwide except Antarctica but introduced to Australia.

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Subfamily Felinae

29 species, found worldwide except Antarctica, but introduced to Australia.

Genus Felis (small cats)

6 Old World species, including the wildcat and domestic cat.

Genus Lynx (lynxes)

4 species, including the bobcat.

Genus Prionailurus (Asian cats)

4 Asian species, including the leopard cat, flat-headed cat, and fishing cat.

Genus Leopardus (spotted cats)

3 primarily Central and South American species: the little spotted cat, margay, and ocelot.

Genus Oncifelis (South American cats)

3 South American species: Geoffroy’s cat, kodkod, and pampas cat.

Genus Catopuma (Asiatic golden cats)

2 Asian species.

Genus Caracal (caracal)

1 African and Southwest Asian species.

Genus Herpailurus (jaguarundi)

1 primarily South American species.

Genus Leptailurus (serval)

1 African species.

Genus Oreailurus (Andean cat)

1 South American species.

Genus Otocolobus (Pallas’s cat)

1 Asian species.

Genus Profelis (African golden cat)

1 African species.

Genus Puma (cougar, mountain lion, or puma)

1 New World species.

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Subfamily Pantherinae

7 species of Asia, Africa, and South and Central America.

Genus Panthera (big, or roaring, cats)

4 Asian, African, and South and Central American species: the jaguar, lion, leopard, and tiger.

Genus Neofelis (clouded leopard)

2 Southeast Asian species.

Genus Pardofelis (marbled cat)

1 Southeast Asian species.

Genus Uncia (snow leopard, or ounce)

1 Asian species.

Subfamily Acinonychinae

Genus Acinonyx (cheetah)

1 almost exclusively African species.

[Jeff Chandler]

www.britannica.com/animal/feline

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