Shihni burimin për Felidët

{{Taxobox
|temporal_range=[[Oligoceni]] - tani
|color=beige
|name=Felidae<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Wozencraft|pages=532–548|id=14000003|heading=Felidae}}</ref>
|image=The Felidae.jpg
|image_caption=
[[Tigri]] (''Panthera tigris''), [[rrëqebulli kanadez]] (''Lynx canadensis'', [[puma]] (''Puma concolor''), [[gepardi]] (''Acinonyx jubatus''), [[macja e egër]] (''Felis silvestris''), [[servali]] (''Leptailurus serval''), [[karakali]] (''Caracal caracal'') and [[oceloti]] (''Leopardus pardalis'').
|image_width=250px
|authority=[[Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim|Fischer von Waldheim]], 1817
|subdivision_ranks=Nënfamiljet
|subdivision=[[Pantherinae]]<br/> [[Felinae]]<br/> [[Machairodontinae]]†<br/> [[Proailurinae]]†<ref name="McKenna & Bell">{{cite book |last=McKenna |first=M. C. |author2=Bell, S. K. |title=Classification of Mammals |year=2000 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-11013-6 |pages=631}}</ref>|range_map=Felidae range.png|range_map_caption=Përhapja|regnum=[[Animalia]]|phylum=[[Chordate|Chordata]]|classis=[[Mammalia]]|ordo=[[Carnivora]]
|subordo=[[Feliformia]]
|familia='''Felidae'''|familia_authority=Fischer von Waldheim, 1817}}
''Felidae'' është një familje e [[Gjitari|gjitarëve]] në rendin [[Karnivorët|Karnivora]] , e përmendur në mënyrë kolonike si '''macet''' , dhe përbën një kadastër. Një anëtar i kësaj familje quhet gjithashtu një '''felid''' .<ref name=Salles1992>{{cite journal |last1=Salles |first1=L. O. |year=1992 |title=Felid phylogenetics: extant taxa and skull morphology (Felidae, Aeluroidea) |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3047 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/5011//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N3047.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hemmer |first1=H. |year=1978 |title=Evolutionary systematics of living Felidae – present status and current problems |journal=Carnivore |volume=1 |pages=71–79}}</ref><ref name=Johnson1996>{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=W. E. |last2=Dratch |first2=P. A. |last3=Martenson |first3=J. S. |last4=O'Brien |first4=S. J. |year=1996 |title=Resolution of recent radiations within three evolutionary lineages of Felidae using mitochondrial restriction fragment length polymorphism variation |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=97–120 |doi=10.1007/bf01454358|s2cid=38348868 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Christiansen |first1=P. |year=2008 |title=Evolution of skull and mandible shape in cats (Carnivora: Felidae) |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=3 |issue=7| page=e2807 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0002807 |pmid=18665225 |pmc=2475670 |bibcode=2008PLoSO...3.2807C}}</ref> Shprehja "mace" i referohet felinëve në përgjithësi dhe konkretisht [[Macja|maceve shtëpiake]] (''Felis catus'').<ref name=Werdelin_al2010>{{cite book |last1=Werdelin |first1=L. |last2=Yamaguchi |first2=N. |last3=Johnson |first3=W. E. |last4=O'Brien |first4=S. J. |chapter=Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae) |year=2010 |pages=59–82 |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266755142 |editor1-last=Macdonald |editor1-first=D. W. |editor2-last=Loveridge |editor2-first=A. J. |title=Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=978-0-19-923445-5}}</ref>
Speciet Felidae shfaqin modelin më të larmishëm të [[Gëzofi|gëzofit]] të të gjithë mishngrënësve tokësorë.<ref name=Peters1982>{{cite journal |last1=Peters |first1=G. |year=1982 |title=Zur Fellfarbe und zeichnung einiger Feliden |journal=Bonner Zoologische Beiträge |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=19−31}}</ref> Macet kanë kthetra të kthyera , [[Trupi|trupa]] të hollë muskulorë dhe pararojë të forta të përkulshme. [[Dhëmbi|Dhëmbët]] dhe [[muskujt]] e fytyrës lejojnë një [[Kafshimi|kafshim]] të fuqishëm. Ata të gjithë janë mishngrënës të detyrueshëm , dhe shumica janë [[Grabitqarët|grabitqarë]] të vetmuar që i bëjnë pritë preve të tyre. Macet e egra ndodhen në [[Afrika|Afrikë]], [[Evropa|Evropë]], [[Azia|Azi]] dhe [[Amerika (kontinent)|Amerikë]] . Disa lloje të maceve të egra janë përshtatur me [[Habitati|habitatet]] [[Pylli|pyjore]] , disa të tjera në ambiente të thata , dhe disa të tjera edhe në ligatina dhe terrene malore. Modelet e tyre të aktivitetit variojnë nga kafshë nate dhe krepuskulare deri tek ditor , varësisht nga speciet e tyre të preferuara të gjahut.<ref name=WCoW/>

[[R. I. Pocock|Reginald Innes Pocock]] e ndau Felidae ekzistues në tri nënfamilie: [[Pantherinae]] , [[Felinae]] dhe [[Acinonychinae]], të ndryshme nga njëri-tjetri nga kockëzimi i aparatit hyoid dhe nga pjesët lëkurore që mbrojnë kthetrat e tyre.<ref name=Pocock_1917>{{cite journal |last1=Pocock |first1=R. I. |year=1917 |title=The classification of the existing Felidae |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |series=Series 8 |volume=XX |issue=119 |pages=329–350 |url=https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof8201917lond#page/n359/mode/2up |doi=10.1080/00222931709487018}}</ref> Ky koncept është rishikuar pas zhvillimeve në [[Biologjia molekulare|biologjinë molekulare]] dhe teknikave për analizën e të dhënave morfologjike. Sot, Felidae e gjallë është e ndarë në dy nënfamilje: Pantherinae dhe Felinae, me Acinonychinae të përfshirë në këtë të fundit. Pantherinae përfshin pesë specie në gjinin ''[[Panthera]]'' dhe dy në gjinin ''[[Neofelis]]''  , ndërsa Felinae përfshin 34 specie në dhjetë gjini.<ref name=CatSG2017>{{cite journal |last1=Kitchener |first1=A. C. |last2=Breitenmoser-Würsten |first2=C. |last3=Eizirik |first3=E. |last4=Gentry |first4=A. |last5=Werdelin |first5=L. |last6=Wilting |first6=A. |last7=Yamaguchi |first7=N. |last8=Abramov |first8=A. V. |last9=Christiansen |first9=P. |last10=Driscoll |first10=C. |last11=Duckworth |first11=J. W. |last12=Johnson |first12=W. |last13=Luo |first13=S.-J. |last14=Meijaard |first14=E. |last15=O’Donoghue |first15=P. |last16=Sanderson |first16=J. |last17=Seymour |first17=K. |last18=Bruford |first18=M. |last19=Groves |first19=C. |last20=Hoffmann |first20=M. |last21=Nowell |first21=K. |last22=Timmons |first22=Z. |last23=Tobe |first23=S. |date=2017 |title=A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group |journal=Cat News |volume=Special Issue 11 |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/32616/A_revised_Felidae_Taxonomy_CatNews.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}</ref>

Macet e para u shfaqën gjatë [[Oligoceni|Oligocenit]] rreth 25 milion vjet më parë, me shfaqjen e ''[[Proailurus]]'' dhe ''[[Pseudaelurus]]''. Kompleksi i specieve të fundit ishte stërgjyshore në dy linja kryesore të felidëve: macet në nënfamiljet e gjalla dhe një grup macesh të zhdukura të nënfamiljes [[Machairodontinae]] , të cilat përfshijnë macet dhëmbëshpatë si ''[[Smilodoni|Smilodon]]'' . "Macet e rreme dhëmbëshpatë", [[Barbourofelidae]] dhe [[Nimravidae]] , nuk janë mace të vërteta, por janë të lidhura ngushtë. Së bashku me Felidae, [[Viverridët|Viverridae]] , [[Hiena|hienat]] dhe [[Mongozi|mangustat]] , ato përbëjnë Feliformia . 

== Karakteristikat ==
[[File:Panthera_leo_Kruger_Skull.jpg|thumb|Kafka e një luani nga Parku Kombëtar Kruger]]
[[File:Whiskers'_purr_edit.ogg|right|thumb|Gërhima e maces]]
[[File:Meow.ogg|right|thumb|Mjaullima e maces]]
[[File:Lion raring-sound1TamilNadu178.ogg|thumb|Ulërima e luanit]]

Të gjithë anëtarët e familjes së maceve kanë karakteristikat e mëposhtme:

* Ata janë me shifra digjitale , kanë pesë gishtërinj në të parat e tyre dhe katër në këmbët e tyre të pasme. Kthetrat e tyre të lakuara janë protraktile dhe ngjiten në [[Kocka|kockat]] terminale të shputës me ligamente dhe tendina . Kthetrat ruhen nga çarçafë lëkure , përveç në gjinin ''[[Acinonyx]]'' .<ref name=Pocock1917>{{cite journal |author=Pocock, R. I. |year=1917 |title=VII.—On the external characters of the Felidæ |journal=The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology |series=8 |volume=19 |issue=109 |pages=113−136 |url=https://archive.org/details/ser8annalsmagazi19londuoft/page/112|doi=10.1080/00222931709486916 }}</ref>

* Ata zgjasin në mënyrë aktive kthetrat duke kontraktuar muskujt në gishtin e këmbës,<ref name=WCoW/> dhe i tërheqin ato në mënyrë pasive. Kthetrat zgjerohen por nuk zgjasin.<ref name=Kitchener2010>{{cite book |last1=Kitchener |first1=A. C. |last2=Van Valkenburgh |first2=B. |last3=Yamaguchi |first3=N. |year=2010 |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266753114 |chapter=Felid form and function |title=Biology and Conservation of wild felids |editor1-first=D. |editor1-last=Macdonald |editor2-last=Loveridge |editor2-first=A. |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |pages=83−106}}</ref>
* Ata kanë 30 dhëmbë. Premari i tretë i sipërm dhe molari i poshtëm janë përshtatur si dhëmbë karnasial , të përshtatshëm për të shqyer dhe prerë mishin. Dhëmbët e qenit janë të mëdha, duke arritur madhësinë e jashtëzakonshme në speciet e zhdukura dhëmbëshpatë.<ref name=Pocock1939>{{cite book |author=Pocock, R. I. |year=1939 |chapter=Felidae |title=The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. – Volume 1 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |location=London |pages=191–330 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/PocockMammalia1/pocock1#page/n241/mode/2up}}</ref> Karnasja e poshtme është më e vogël se karnasja e sipërme dhe ka një kurorë me dy kthesa të ngjeshura në formë të tehut.<ref name=WCoW>{{cite book |author=Sunquist, M. |author2=Sunquist, F. |year=2002 |title=Wild Cats of the World |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=978-0-226-77999-7 |chapter=What is a Cat? |pages=[https://archive.org/details/wildcatsofworld00sunq/page/5 5–18] |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFbJWMh9-OAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA3 |url=https://archive.org/details/wildcatsofworld00sunq/page/5 }}</ref>

* Projektet e [[Hunda|hundës]] së tyre janë pak më shumë se nofulla e poshtme. <ref name=Pocock1917/>

* Ato kanë mustaqe të zhvilluara mirë dhe shumë të ndjeshme sipër syve, në faqe, mbi surrat ,<ref name=Pocock1917/> por jo poshtë mjekrës.  Mustaqet ndihmojnë për të lundruar në errësirë dhe për të kapur dhe mbajtur pretë. <ref name=Kitchener2010/>

* Kafka e tyre është me një profil të rrumbullakosur dhe me orbita të mëdha.<ref name=Kitchener2010/>

* [[Gjuha (organ)|Gjuha]] e tyre është e mbuluar me papillae me brirë, të cilat e mbështjellin mishin dhe ndihmojnë në lëpirje. <ref name=Kitchener2010/>

* Sytë e tyre janë relativisht të mëdhenj, të vendosur për të siguruar vizion binokular . Vizioni i tyre i natës është veçanërisht i mirë për shkak të pranisë së një ''tapetum lucidum'' , i cili pasqyron dritën e kthyeshme në brendësi të syrit, dhe u jep syve një shkëlqimi të veçantë. Si rezultat, sytë e farave janë rreth gjashtë herë më të ndjeshme ndaj dritës sesa ato të njerëzve, dhe shumë specie janë të paktën pjesërisht nate . Retina e felidëve gjithashtu përmban një përqindje relativisht të lartë të qelizave , e përshtatur për të dalluar objektet në lëvizje në kushtet e dritës të zbehtë, të cilat plotësohen nga prania e qelizave konike për të ndjerë ngjyrën e gjatë të ditës. <ref name=WCoW/>

* [[Veshi|Veshët]] e tyre të jashtme janë të mëdha, dhe veçanërisht të ndjeshme ndaj tingujve me frekuencë të lartë tek speciet më të vogla të maceve. Kjo ndjeshmëri u lejon atyre të lokalizojnë pre të vogla si [[Brejtësit|brejtës]] .<ref name=WCoW/>
* Ata kanë trupa litar dhe fleksibël me gjymtyrë muskulore. <ref name=WCoW/>
* Shputa e e putrave të parme dhe të prapme të këmbëve formojnë jastekë kompakt.<ref name=Pocock1939/>
* [[Penisi]] është nënkonik dhe pa bonuse.<ref name=Pocock1917/>  Në lidhje me madhësinë e trupit, ata e kanë më të shkurtër bacula se kanidët.<ref name="Ewer1973">{{cite book |author=Ewer, R. F. |year=1973 |title=The Carnivores |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IETMd3-lSlkC |accessdate=27 janar 2013 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-8493-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Lariviere, S. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Ferguson, S. H. |year=2002 |title=On the evolution of the mammalian baculum: vaginal friction, prolonged intromission or induced ovulation? |journal=Mammal Review |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=283–294 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2907.2002.00112.x |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227798788}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |year=2008 |editor1=Fowler, M. E. |editor2=Cubas, Z. S. |title=Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals |edition=Second |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9780470376980 |page=312 |author=de Morais, R. N. |chapter=Reproduction in small felid males |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_Wn3wfd0SQC&pg=PA312}}</ref>
* Ata nuk mund të zbulojnë ëmbëlsinë e [[Sheqeri|sheqerit]], pasi u mungon receptori me shije të ëmbël.<ref name =PLOS>{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=X. |last2=Li, W. |last3=Wang, H.|last4=Cao, J. |last5=Maehashi, K. |last6=Huang, L. |last7=Bachmanov, A. A. |last8=Reed, D. R. |last9=Legrand-Defretin, V. |last10=Beauchamp, G. K. |last11=Brand, J. G. |name-list-style=amp |year=2005 |title=Pseudogenization of a Sweet-Receptor Gene Accounts for Cats' Indifference toward Sugar |journal= PLOS Genetics|volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=27–35 |doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.0010003 |pmid=16103917 |pmc=1183522}}</ref>
* Felidët kanë një organ vomeronasal në çatinë e gojës, duke i lejuar ata të "shijojnë" ajrin.  Përdorimi i këtij organi shoqërohet me pozicionin e Flehmen . <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Salazar |first1=I. |last2=Quinteiro |first2=P. |last3=Cifuentes |first3=J. M. |last4=Caballero |first4=T. G. |year=1996 |title=The vomeronasal organ of the cat |journal=Journal of Anatomy |volume=188 |issue=2 |pages=445–454 |pmc=1167581 |pmid=8621344 }}</ref> The use of this organ is associated with the [[Flehmen response]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hart |first1=B. L. |last2=Leedy |first2=M. G. |year=1987 |title=Stimulus and hormonal determinants of flehmen behavior in cats |journal=Hormones and Behavior |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=44−52 |url=https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/f/Leedy_Gail_1987_Stimulus_and_Hormonal_Determinants.pdf|doi=10.1016/0018-506X(87)90029-8 |pmid=3557332 |s2cid=6039377 }}</ref>

* [[Tingulli|Tinguj]] standarde të bëra nga të gjitha felidët përfshijnë mjaullim, pështypje, gërvishtje, gërhitje dhe growing . Meowing është tingulli kryesor i kontaktit, ndërsa të tjerët tregojnë një motiv agresiv.<ref name=WCoW/>
* Ata mund të puring gjatë të dy fazave të frymëmarrjes , megjithëse macet panterinë duket se pauring vetëm gjatë estrucit dhe copulimit , dhe këlyshët kur janë në gji. Puring është zakonisht një tingull i ulët katran më pak se 2 kHz dhe i përzier me llojet e tjera të vokalizimit gjatë fazës ekspirative.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Peters |first1=G. |year=2002 |title=Purring and similar vocalizations in mammals |journal=Mammal Review |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=245−271 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2907.2002.00113.x}}</ref> 

Ngjyra, gjatësia dhe dendësia e gëzofit të tyre janë shumë të larmishme. Ngjyra e gëzofit mbulon gamën nga e bardha në të zezë, dhe modeli i gëzofit nga njolla të vogla dalluese, vija deri tek copëza të vogla dhe rozeta . Shumica e specieve të maceve lindin me një gëzof të njollosur, përveç [[jaguarundi]] ( ''Herpailurus yagouaroundi'' ), [[Macja e artë aziatike|macet e arta aziatike]] ( ''Catopuma temminckii'' ) dhe [[Karakali|karakalët]] ( ''Caracal caracal'' ). Gëzofi me njolla I këlyshëve  të luanit ( ''Panthera leo'' ) dhe kugarit ( ''Puma konkolor'' ) ndryshojnë në një gëzof të njëtrajtshëm gjatë ontogjenisë së tyre .<ref name=Peters1982/>  Ata që jetojnë në mjedise të ftohta kanë lesh të trashë me flokë të gjatë, si [[leopardi i dëborës]] ( ''Panthera uncia'' ) dhe [[macja e Pallasit]] ( ''Otocolobus manikyr'' ). Ata që jetojnë në zona në [[Klima tropikale|klimë tropikale]] dhe të nxehtë kanë gëzof të shkurtër. Disa lloje shfaqin melanizëm me individë gjithë të zinj. <ref name=WCoW/>

Në shumicën e madhe të specieve të maceve, [[Bishti (biologji)|bishti]] është midis një e treta dhe gjysma e gjatësisë së trupit, megjithëse me disa përjashtime, si specie e rrëqebujve dhe maragait <ref name=WCoW/>. Speciet e maceve ndryshojnë shumë në madhësinë e trupit dhe të kafkës, dhe peshat:

* Speciet më të mëdha të maceve janë [[Tigri|tigrat]] ( ''Panthera tigris'' ), me një gjatësi kokë-trup deri në 390 cm , një peshë të paktën 65 deri në 325 kg , dhe një gjatësia kafkë që varion nga 316 në 413 mm ..<ref name=WCoW/><ref name="Hewett&Hewett1938">{{cite book |author1=Hewett, J. P. |author2=Hewett Atkinson, L. |title=Jungle trails in northern India: reminiscences of hunting in India |publisher=Metheun and Company Limited |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ecYAAAAIAAJ |year=1938 }} [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209125 Alt URL]</ref> Megjithëse gjatësia maksimale e kafkës së një [[luani]] është pak më e madhe në 419 mm, në përgjithësi është më e vogël në gjatësi kokë-trup sesa e para. <ref name="Geptner1972">{{cite book |last1=Heptner |first1=V. G. |last2=Sludskij |first2=A. A. |orig-year=1972 |year=1992 |title=Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola |trans-title=Mammals of the Soviet Union. Volume II, Part 2. Carnivora (Hyaenas and Cats) |publisher=Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation |location=Washington DC |chapter=Tiger |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/mammalsofsov221992gept#page/94/mode/2up |pages=95–202}}</ref>

* Llojet më të vogla të maceve janë [[Macja me njolla të ndryshkura|macet me njolla të ndryshkura]] ( ''Prionailurus rubiginosus'' ) dhe [[Macja këmbëzezë|macet këmbëzezë]] ( ''Felis nigripes'' ).<ref name=WCoW/> E para është në gjatësi prej 35–48 cm dhe peshon 0,9–1,6 kg. Kjo e fundit ka një gjatësi koke më trup prej 36,7–43,3 cm dhe një peshë maksimale të regjistruar prej 2.45 kg .<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mills |first1=M. G. L. |year=2005 |title=The mammals of the southern African subregion |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521844185 |editor1-last=Skinner |editor1-first=J. D. |editor2-last=Chimimba |editor2-first=C. T. |edition=Third |chapter=''Felis nigripes'' Burchell, 1824 Black-footed cat |pages=405−408 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqwEYkTDZf4C&lpg=PR7&pg=PA405}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sliwa |first1=A. |year=2004 |title=Home range size and social organization of black-footed cats (''Felis nigripes'') |journal=Mammalian Biology |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=96–107 |doi=10.1078/1616-5047-00124}}</ref>

Shumica e specieve të maceve kanë një numër haploid prej 18 ose 19. Macet e [[Amerika Qendrore|Amerikës Qendrore]] dhe Jugore kanë një numër haploid prej 18, ndoshta për shkak të kombinimit të dy kromozomeve më të vegjël në një më të madh.<ref name = robinson>{{cite book| last1=Vella |first1=C. |last2=Shelton |first2=L. M. |last3=McGonagle |first3=J. J. |last4=Stanglein |first4=T. W. |name-list-style=amp |title=Robinson's Genetics for Cat Breeders and Veterinarians |edition=Forth |publisher=Butterworh-Heinemann Ltd. |year=2002 |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-7506-4069-5 }}</ref>

== Zhvillimi ==
[[File:Feliform Timeline.svg|thumb|Afati kohor evolucionar]]
{{multiple image |perrow=1 |image1=Megantereon model.jpg |caption1=Modeli i ''[[Megantereon]]'' në Muzeun e Historisë Natyrore të Bazelit |image2=Smilodon fatalis.jpg |caption2=Modeli i ''Smilodon fatalis'' |image3=Panthera leo atrox Sergiodlarosa.jpg |caption3=Rindërtimi grafik i një [[luani amerikan]] (''Panthera atrox'')}}

Familja Felidae është pjesë e Feliformia , një nënrend që ndahet ndoshta midis 50.6 dhe 35 milion vjet më parë në disa familje. Felidae dhe [[Linsangu aziatik|Linsangët aziatik]] konsiderohen një grup motër , i cili u nda midis 35.2 dhe 31.9 milion vjet më parë.

Macet më të hershme ndoshta u shfaqën midis 35 dhe 28.5 milion vjet më parë. ''[[Proailurus]]'' është macja më e vjetër e njohur që ka jetuar pas ngjarjes së [[Zhdukja në Eocene-Oligocene|zhdukjes së Eocene-Oligocene]] rreth 33.9 milion vjet më parë; mbetjet fosile u gërmuan në [[Franca|Francë]] dhe Formacioni Hsanda Gol i [[Mongolia|Mongolisë]] . Dukuritë fosile tregojnë se Felidae mbërriti në [[Amerika Veriore|Amerikën Veriore]] më herët 25 milion vjet më parë. Kjo është rreth 20 milion vjet më vonë se [[Ariu|Ursidae]] dhe [[Civet i palmave afrikane|Nimravidae]] , dhe rreth 10 milion vjet më vonë se [[Kanidët|Kanidae]] .

Në [[Mioceni|Miocenin]] e Hershëm midis 20 dhe 16.6 milion vjet më parë, ''[[Pseudaelurus]]'' jetonte në [[Afrika|Afrikë]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eizirik |first1=E. |last2=Murphy |first2=W. J. |last3=Köpfli |first3=K. P. |last4=Johnson |first4=W. E. |last5=Dragoo |first5=J. W. |last6=O'Brien |first6=S. J. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=Pattern and timing of the diversification of the mammalian order Carnivora inferred from multiple nuclear gene sequences |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=49–63 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.033 |pmid=20138220 |pmc=7034395}}</ref> Nofullat e saj fosile u gërmuan gjithashtu në formacionet gjeologjike të [[Evropa|Evropës]] Vallesiane , Miocen e Mesme të [[Azia|Azisë]] dhe Hemingfordian të Amerikës së Veriut deri në epokat e vonë Barstovian .<ref name=Gaubert_al2003>{{cite journal |last1=Gaubert |first1=P. |last2=Veron |first2=G. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2003 |title=Exhaustive sample set among Viverridae reveals the sister-group of felids: the linsangs as a case of extreme morphological convergence within Feliformia |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |volume = 270 |issue=1532 |pages=2523–2530 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2003.2521 |pmid=14667345 |pmc=1691530}}</ref>

Në Miocenën e Hershme ose të Mesme, [[Machairodontinae]] dhëmbëshpatë evoluoi në Afrikë dhe emigroi në veri në Miocenin e Vonë .<ref name=HoekOstende_al2006>{{cite journal |last1=van den Hoek Ostende |first1=L. W. |last2=Morlo, M. |last3=Nagel, D. |name-list-style=amp |title=Majestic killers: the sabre-toothed cats |journal=Geology Today |series=Fossils explained 52 |volume=22 |issue=4 |year=2006 |pages=150–157 |url=http://www.academia.edu/download/42176444/Fossils_explained_52_Majestic_killers_th20160205-14155-1yutmva.pdf |accessdate=2008-06-30 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2451.2006.00572.x }}{{Lidhje e vdekur}}</ref> Me caninetët e tyre të mëdhenj , ata ishin të përshtatur për pre të mëdha megaherbivore . <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Randau |first1=M. |last2=Carbone |last3=C. |first2=Turvey |first3=S. T. |year=2013 |title=Canine evolution in sabretoothed carnivores: natural selection or sexual selection? |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=8 |issue=8 |page=e72868 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0072868|pmid=23951334 |pmc=3738559 |bibcode=2013PLoSO...872868R}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Piras, P. |last2=Silvestro, D. |last3=Carotenuto, F. |last4=Castiglione, S. |last5= Kotsakis, A. |last6=Maiorino, L. |last7=Melchionna, M. |last8=Mondanaro, A. |last9=Sansalone, G. |last10= Serio, C. |last11=Vero, V. A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2018 |title=Evolution of the sabertooth mandible: A deadly ecomorphological specialization |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=496 |pages=166−174 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.01.034 |bibcode=2018PPP...496..166P}}</ref>''[[Miomachairodus]]'' është anëtari më i vjetër i njohur i kësaj nënfamilje. ''[[Metailurus]]'' jetoi në Afrikë dhe Euroazi midis 8 dhe 6 milion vjet më parë. Disa skelete ''[[Paramachaerodus]]'' u gjetën në [[Spanjë]]. ''[[Homotherium]]'' u shfaq në Afrikë, Euroazi dhe Amerikën e Veriut rreth 3.5 milion vjet më parë, dhe ''[[Megantereon]]'' rreth 3 milion vjet më parë. ''[[Smilodoni|Smilodon]]'' jetoi në Amerikën e Veriut dhe Jugut nga rreth 2.5 milion vjet më parë. Kjo nënfamilje u zhduk në [[Pleistoceni|Pleistocenin]] e Vonë .<ref name=HoekOstende_al2006/>

Rezultatet e analizës mitokondriale tregojnë se speciet e gjalla Felidae kanë zbritur nga një paraardhës i zakonshëm , i cili e kishte origjinën në Azi në epokën e Miocenit të Vonë. Ata migruan në Afrikë, Evropë dhe Amerikë gjatë së paku 10 valëve të migrimit gjatë 11 milion ~ viteve të kaluara. Nivele të ulëta të detit, periudha ndërglaciale dhe akullnajore lehtësuan këto migrime. <ref name=Johnson06>{{cite journal |author1=Johnson, W. E. |author2=Eizirik, E. |author3=Pecon-Slattery, J. |author4=Murphy, W. J. |author5=Antunes, A. |author6=Teeling, E. |author7=O'Brien, S. J. |name-list-style=amp |title=The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment |journal=Science |volume=311 |issue=5757 |pages=73–77 |year=2006 |pmid=16400146 |doi=10.1126/science.1122277|bibcode=2006Sci...311...73J |s2cid=41672825 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1230866}}</ref> ''[[Panthera blytheae]]'' është macja më e vjetër e njohur e pantherine e datuar nga Messinian deri në moshat e hershme të Zanclean rreth 4,1–5,95 milion vjet më parë. Një kafkë fosile u gërmua në vitin 2010 në Qarkun Zanda në Plateau Tibetan.<ref name=Tseng_al2014>{{Cite journal |last1=Tseng, Z. J. |last2=Wang, X. |last3=Slater, G. J. |last4=Takeuchi, G. T. |last5=Li, Q. |last6=Liu, J. |last7=Xie, G. |name-list-style=amp |date=2014 |title=Himalayan fossils of the oldest known pantherine establish ancient origin of big cats |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |volume=281 |issue=1774 |pages=20132686 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2013.2686 |pmc=3843846 |pmid=24225466 |url=http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1774/20132686-01-07}}</ref>  ''[[Panthera palaeosinensis]]'' nga [[Kina]] e Veriut ndoshta daton në ''Miocenin e Vjetër ose [[Polioceni|Poliocenin]] e'' Hershëm . Kafka e holotipit është e ngjashme me atë të një luani ose leopardi.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mazak, J. H. |year=2010 |title=What is ''Panthera palaeosinensis''? |journal=Mammal Review |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=90−102 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2907.2009.00151.x}}</ref>  ''[[Panthera zdanskyi]]'' daton në Gelasian rreth 2.55-2,16 milion vjet më parë. Disa kafka fosile dhe nofulla u gërmuan në Kinën veriperëndimore. ''[[Panthera gombaszoegensis]]'' është macja më e hershme e njohur pantherinë që jetoi në Evropë midis 1.95 dhe 1.77 milion vjet më parë.<ref name=Mazák_al2011>{{cite journal |last1=Mazák, J. H. |last2=Christiansen, P. |last3=Kitchener, A. C. |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=Oldest Known Pantherine Skull and Evolution of the Tiger |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=6 |issue=10 |pages=e25483 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0025483 |pmid=22016768 |pmc=3189913 |bibcode=2011PLoSO...625483M}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Argant, A. |last2=Argant, J. |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=The ''Panthera gombaszogensis'' story: The contribution of the Château Breccia (Saône-Et-Loire, Burgundy, France) |journal=Quaternaire |volume=Hors-série |issue=4 |pages=247–269}}</ref>

Felidët e gjallë ulen në tetë linja evolucionare ose  specie kadare.<ref name=Johnson97>{{cite journal |pmid=9071018 |year=1997 |last1=Johnson|first1=W. E. |last2=O'Brien|first2=S. J. |title=Phylogenetic reconstruction of the Felidae using 16S rRNA and NADH-5 mitochondrial genes|volume=44 |issue=Supplement 1 |pages=S98–S116 |journal=Journal of Molecular Evolution |doi=10.1007/PL00000060 |bibcode=1997JMolE..44S..98J |s2cid=40185850 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1232587}}</ref><ref name=Johnson05>{{cite journal |author=O'Brien, S. J. |author2=Johnson, W. E. |name-list-style=amp |title=Big cat genomics |journal=Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics |volume=6 |pages=407–429 |year=2005 |pmid=16124868 |doi=10.1146/annurev.genom.6.080604.162151 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1235009}}</ref> Gjenotipizimi i ADN- së bërthamore të të gjitha 41 specieve felid zbuloi se hibridizimi midis specieve ndodhi gjatë rrjedhës së evolucionit brenda shumicës së tetë prejardhjeve.<ref name=Li_al2016>{{cite journal |author=Li, G. |author2=Davis, B. W. |author3=Eizirik, E. |name-list-style=amp |author4=Murphy, W. J. |year=2016 |title=Phylogenomic evidence for ancient hybridization in the genomes of living cats (Felidae) |journal=Genome Research |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1101/gr.186668.114 |pmid=26518481 |pmc=4691742}}</ref>

Modelimi i shndërrimeve të modelit të palltoit të hollë zbuloi se pothuajse të gjitha modelet evoluan nga pika të vogla.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Werdelin |first1= L. |last2= Olsson |first2= L. |name-list-style=amp |year=2008 |title=How the leopard got its spots: a phylogenetic view of the evolution of felid coat patterns |journal= Biological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=383–400 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01632.x |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229884719 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

== Klasifikimi ==
Tradicionalisht, pesë nënfamilje janë dalluar brenda Felidae bazuar në tipare fenotipike : Pantherinae, Felinae, Acinonychinae,<ref name=Pocock_1917/> Machairodontinae dhe Proailurinae të zhdukur.<ref name="McKenna & Bell"/>

=== Speciet e gjalla ===
Tabela e mëposhtme tregon gjenet e gjalla brenda Felidae, të grupuara sipas klasifikimit tradicional fenotip.<ref name=CatSG2017/> Kohët e vlerësuara të divergjencës gjenetike të tetë linjave evolucionare gjenotipike përkatëse tregohen në milion vjet më parë , bazuar në analizën e segmenteve të gjeneve autosomale , xDNA , yDNA dhe mtDNA ;<ref name=Johnson06/>  dhe vlerësime të bazuara në analizën e gjenomit bërthamor biparental.<ref name=Li_al2016/>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="text-align: left;" |Nënfamilja Pantherinae
|-
! Gjinia !! Lloji ! Gama
|- style="vertical-align: top; background:#eeccFF;"
|rowspan="2"|''[[Neofelis]]'' {{small|[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1867}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=J. E. |year=1867 |title=Notes on the skulls of the Cats. 5. ''Neofelis'' |journal=Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=1867 |pages=265–266 |url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo1867zool#page/264/mode/2up}}</ref><br />{{font color|#880088|[Prejardhja 1]: 14.45 deri 8.38 Mya}}
|[[Leopardi me re]] (''N. nebulosa'') {{small|([[Edward Griffith (zoologist)|Griffith]], 1821)}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Griffith, E. |year=1821 |title=General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals arranged comfortably to the modern discoveries and improvements in zoology |location=London |publisher=Baldwin, Cradock & Joy |chapter=''Felis nebulosa'' |page=37 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XMAyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36-IA2}}</ref>
e ndarë {{font color|#880088|9.32 deri 4.47 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Neofelis nebulosa.jpg|frameless]]
|[[Vulnerable species|{{IUCN status|VU|15951}}]]<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Neofelis nebulosa'' |name-list-style=amp |author1= Grassman, L. |author2= Lynam, A. |author3= Mohamad, S. |author4= Duckworth, J. W. |author5=Borah, J. |author6= Willcox, D. |author7=Ghimirey, Y. |author8= Reza, A. |author9= Rahman, H. |year=2016 |page=e.T14519A97215090}}</ref>
[[File:Clouded-leopard_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background:#eeccFF;"
|[[Leopardi me re i Sundës]] (''N. diardi'') {{small|([[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1823)}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Cuvier |first=G. |year=1823 |chapter=Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles; ou, l'on retablit les caracteres de plusiers animaux dont les revolutions du globe ont detruit les especes |title=Les Ruminans et les Carnassiers Fossiles, Volume IV |location=Paris |publisher=G. Dufour & E. d'Ocagne}}</ref>
e ndarë {{font color|#880088|2 deri 0.9 Mya}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Buckley-Beason, V. A. |last2=Johnson, W. E. |last3=Nash, W. G. |last4=Stanyon, R. |last5=Menninger, J. C. |last6=Driscoll, C. A. |last7=Howard, J. |last8=Bush, M. |last9=Page, J. E. |last10=Roelke, M. E. |last11=Stone, G. |last12=Martelli, P. |last13=Wen, C. |last14=Ling, L. |last15=Duraisingam, R. K.|last16=Lam, V. P. |last17=O'Brien, S. J. |name-list-style=amp |year=2006 |title=Molecular Evidence for Species-Level Distinctions in Clouded Leopards |journal=Current Biology |volume=16 |issue=23 |pages=2371–2376 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.066 |pmid=17141620|pmc=5618441}}</ref><br />
[[File:Borneo clouded leopard.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Neofelis diardi'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Hearn, A. |author2=Ross, J. |author3=Brodie, J. |author4=Cheyne, S. |author5=Haidir, I. A. |author6=Loken, B. |author7=Mathai, J. |author8=Wilting, A. |author9=McCarthy, J. |year=2016 |page=e.T136603A97212874}}</ref>
[[File:Sunda-Clouded-leopard_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background:#eeccFF;"
|rowspan="5"|''[[Panthera]]'' {{small|[[Lorenz Oken|Oken]], 1816}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Oken |first1=L. |year=1816 |title=Lehrbuch der Zoologie. 2. Abtheilung |location=Jena |publisher=August Schmid & Comp. |page=1052 |chapter=1. Art, ''Panthera'' |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5o5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1052}}</ref><br />{{font color|#880088|[Prejardhja 1]}}; 11.75 deri 0.97 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/>
||[[Leopardi]] (''P. pardus'') {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Linnaeus, C. |year=1758 |title=Caroli Linnæi Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |volume=Tomus I |edition=decima, reformata |location=Holmiae |publisher=Laurentius Salvius |page=41−42 |chapter=''Felis pardus'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753000798865#page/41/mode/2up}}</ref>
e ndarë {{font color|#880088|4.63 deri 1.81 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Namibie Etosha Leopard 01edit.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|15954}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Panthera pardus'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Stein, A. B. |author2=Athreya, V. |author3=Gerngross, P. |author4=Balme, G. |author5=Henschel, P. |author6=Karanth, U. |author7=Miquelle, D. |author8=Rostro, S. |author9=Kamler, J. F. |author10=Laguardia, A. |date=2016 |page=e.T15954A102421779}}</ref>
[[File:Leopard distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background:#eeccFF;"
|[[Tigri]] (''P. tigris'') {{small|([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Linnaeus, C. |year=1758 |title=Caroli Linnæi Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |volume=Tomus I |edition=decima, reformata |location=Holmiae |publisher=Laurentius Salvius |page=41 |chapter=''Felis tigris'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753000798865#page/41/mode/2up}}</ref>
e ndarë {{font color|#880088|4.62 deri 1.82 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Panthera tigris tigris.jpg|frameless]]
|[[Endangered species|{{IUCN status|EN|15955}}]]<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Panthera tigris'' |name-list-style=amp |author1=Goodrich, J. |author2=Lynam, A. |author3=Miquelle, D. |author4=Wibisono, H. |author5=Kawanishi, K. |author6=Pattanavibool, A. |author7=Htun, S. |author8=Tempa, T. |author9=Karki, J. |author10=Jhala, Y. |author11=Karanth, U. |date=2015 |page=e.T15955A50659951}}</ref>
[[File:Tiger map.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background:#eeccFF;"
|[[Leopardi i dëborës]] (''P. uncia'') {{small|([[Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]], 1775)}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schreber |first1=J. C. D. |chapter=Die Unze |title=Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen |date=1777 |pages=386–387 |location=Erlangen |publisher=Wolfgang Walther |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/SaYugthiereAbbiIIISchr#page/386/mode/2up}}</ref>
e ndarë {{font color|#880088|4.62 deri 1.82 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Schneeleoparden Kailash und Dshamilja frontal.jpg|frameless]]
||{{IUCN status|VU|22732}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Panthera uncia'' |name-list-style=amp |author1=McCarthy, T. |author2=Mallon, D. |author3=Jackson, R. |author4=Zahler, P. |author5=McCarthy, K. |page=e.T22732A50664030 |date=2017}}</ref>
[[File:SnowLeopard distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background:#eeccFF;"
|[[Luani]] (''P. leo'') {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Linnaeus |first= C. |year=1758 |title=Caroli Linnæi Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |volume=Tomus I |edition=decima, reformata |location=Holmiae |publisher=Laurentius Salvius |page=41 |chapter=''Felis leo'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753000798865#page/41/mode/2up}}</ref>
e ndarë {{font color|#880088|3.46 deri 1.22 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Lionss_of_king.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|14519}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Panthera leo'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Bauer, H. |author2=Packer, C. |author3=Funston, P. F. |author4=Henschel, P. |author5=Nowell, K. |year=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15951A107265605.en}}</ref>
[[File:Lion distribution.png|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background:#eeccFF;"
|[[Jaguari]] (''P. onca'') {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Linnaeus, C. |year=1758 |title=Caroli Linnæi Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |volume=Tomus I |edition=decima, reformata |location=Holmiae |publisher=Laurentius Salvius |page=42 |chapter=''Felis onca'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753000798865#page/41/mode/2up}} {{in lang|la}}</ref>
e ndarë {{font color|#880088|3.46 deri 1.22 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Standing jaguar.jpg|frameless]]
|[[Near-threatened species|{{IUCN status|NT|15953}}]]<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Panthera onca'' |name-list-style=amp |author1=Quigley, H.|author2=Foster, R.|author3=Petracca, L. |author4=Payan, E. |author5=Salom, R. |author6=Harmsen, B. |year=2017 |page=e.T15953A123791436}}</ref>
[[File:Panthera onca distribution.svg|frameless]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="text-align: left;" |Nënfamilja Felinae
|-
! Gjinia !! Lloji !! Gama
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ddddFF;"
|''[[Pardofelis]]'' {{small|Severtzov, 1858}}<ref name=Severtzow1858/><br />{{font color|blue|[Lineage 2: 12.77 to 7.36 Mya]}}
|[[Macja e memertë]] (''P. marmorata'') {{small|([[William Charles Linnaeus Martin|Martin]], 1836)}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=W. C. |year=1836 |title=Description of a new species of ''Felis'' |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=IV |issue=XLVII |pages=107–108 |url=https://archive.org/stream/lietuvostsrmoksl33liet#page/n664/mode/1up}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|blue|8.42 to 4.27 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Marbled cat borneo.jpg|frameless|upright=1]]
|{{IUCN status|NT|15953}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Pardofelis marmorata'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Ross, J. |author2=Brodie, J. |author3=Cheyne, S. |author4=Datta, A. |author5=Hearn, A. |author6=Loken, B. |author7=Lynam, A. |author8=McCarthy, J. |author9=Phan, C. | author10=Rasphone, A. |page=e.T16218A97164299 |date=2016}}</ref>
[[File:MarbledCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ddddFF;"
|rowspan="2"|''[[Catopuma]]'' {{small|[[Nikolai Severtzov|Severtzov]], 1858}}<ref name=Severtzow1858>{{cite journal |last1=Severtzow |first1=M. N. |year=1858 |title=Notice sur la classification multisériale des Carnivores, spécialement des Félidés, et les études de zoologie générale qui s'y rattachent |journal=Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée |volume=X |pages=385–396 |url=https://archive.org/stream/revueetmagasinde10soci#page/386/mode/2up}}</ref><br />{{font color|blue|[Lineage 2]}}; 8.47 to 0.41 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/>
|[[Macja e artë aziatike]] (''C. temminckii'') {{small|([[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Vigors]] & [[Thomas Horsfield|Horsfield]], 1827)}}<ref name=VigorsHorsfield>{{cite journal |last1=Vigors |first1=N. A. |last2=Horsfield |first2=T. |year=1827 |title=Descriptions of two species of the genus ''Felis'', in the collections of the Zoological Society |journal=The Zoological Journal |volume=III |issue=11 |pages=449–451 |url=https://archive.org/details/zoologicaljourna318271828sowe/page/450}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|blue|6.42 to 2.96 Mya}}; 4.58 to 0.03 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/><br />
[[File:Asian golden cat at Edinburgh Zoo.jpg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|NT|15953}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Catopuma temminckii'' |author=McCarthy, J. | author2=Dahal, S. |author3=Dhendup, T. |author4=Gray, T. N. E. |author5=Mukherjee, S. |author6=Rahman, H. |author7=Riordan, P. |author8=Boontua, N. |author9=Willcox, D. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T4038A97165437 |date=2015}}</ref>
[[File:AsianGoldenCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ddddFF;"
|[[Macja borneane]] (''C. badia'') {{small|([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1874)}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=J. E. |year=1874 |title=Description of a new Species of Cat (''Felis badia'') from Sarawak |journal=Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1874 |pages=322–323 |url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen74zool#page/322/mode/2up}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|blue|6.42 to 2.96 Mya}}; 4.58 to 0.03 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/><br />
[[File:Bay cat 1 Jim Sanderson-cropped.jpg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|EN|15955}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Catopuma badia'' |name-list-style=amp |author1=Hearn, A. |author2=Brodie, J. |author3=Cheyne, S. |author4=Loken, B. |author5=Ross, J. |author6=Wilting, A. |date=2017 |page=e.T4037A112910221}}</ref>
[[File:BayCat distribution.jpg|frameless]]
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|''[[Leptailurus]]'' {{small|Severtzov, 1858}}<ref name=Severtzow1858/><br />{{font color|darkcyan|[Lineage 3: 11.56 to 6.66 Mya]}}
|[[Servali]] (''L. serval'') {{small|(Schreber, 1775)}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Schreber, J. C. D. |year=1778 |chapter=Der Serval |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/SaYugthiereAbbiIIISchr#page/406/mode/2up |title=Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen |location=Erlangen |publisher=Wolfgang Walther}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkcyan|7.91 to 4.14 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Leptailurus serval -Serengeti National Park, Tanzania-8.jpg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Leptailurus serval'' |author=Thiel, C. |page=e.T11638A50654625 |date=2015}}</ref>
[[File:Serval_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#eeFFFF;"
|rowspan="2"|''[[Caracal (genus)|Caracal]]'' {{small|Gray, 1843}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gray |first1=J. E. |year=1843 |title=List of the specimens of Mammalia in the British Museum |location=London |publisher=The British Museum |chapter=Felidae |pages=39–46 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso00brit_0/page/150}}</ref><br />{{font color|darkcyan|[Lineage 3]}}; 11.99 to 3.64 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/>
|[[Karakali]] (''C. caracal'') {{small|([[Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]], 1776)}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schreber |first1=J. C. D. |chapter=Der Karakal |title=Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen |date=1777 |pages=413–414 |location=Erlangen |publisher=Wolfgang Walther |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/SaYugthiereAbbiIIISchr#page/413/mode/1up}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkcyan|2.93 to 1.19 Mya}}; 6.25 to 0.07 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/><br />
[[File:Caracl (01), Paris, décembre 2013.jpg|frameless|upright=1.1]]
|[[Least-concern species|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}]]<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Caracal caracal'' |author=Avgan, B. |author2=Henschel, P. |author3=Ghoddousi, A. |year=2016 |page=e.T3847A102424310}}</ref>
[[File:Caracal_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#eeFFFF;"
|[[Macja e artë afrikane]] (''C. aurata'') {{small|([[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1827)}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Temminck |first1=C. J. |year=1827 |title=Monographies de Mammalogie |location=Paris |publisher=G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne |chapter=Félis doré ''Felis aurata'' |pages=120−121 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temm/page/120}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkcyan|2.93 to 1.19 Mya}}; 6.25 to 0.07 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/><br />
[[File:FelisAurataKeulemans.jpg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Bahaa-el-din, L. |author2=Mills, D. |author3=Hunter, L. |author4=Henschel, P. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Caracal aurata'' |page=e.T18306A50663128 |date=2015}}</ref>
[[File:AfricanGoldenCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ccFFcc;"
|rowspan="8"|''[[Leopardus]]'' {{small|Gray, 1842}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1= J. E. |year=1842 |title=Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |volume=10 |issue=65 |pages=255−267 |url=https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof10lond/page/260|doi= 10.1080/03745484209445232 }}</ref><br />{{font color|darkgreen|[Lineage 4: 10.95 to 6.3 Mya]}}; 5.19 to 0.93 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/>
|[[Macja e Pampasit]] (''L. colocola'') {{small|([[Juan Ignacio Molina|Molina]], 1782)}}<ref name=Molina>{{cite book |author=Molina, G. I. |year=1782 |title=Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chilli |location=Bologna |publisher=Stamperia di S. Tommaso d’Aquino |chapter=La Guigna ''Felis guigna'' |chapter-url=http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=192&Pagina=296 |page=295 |access-date=28 tetor 2020 |archive-date=8 qershor 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608065804/http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=192&Pagina=296 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkgreen|2.70 to 1.18 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Leopardus pajeros 20101006.jpg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|NT|15953}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Leopardus colocolo'' |author=Lucherini, M. |author2=Eizirik, E. |author3=de Oliveira, T. |author4=Pereira, J. |author5=Williams, R.S.R. |page=e.T15309A97204446 |date=2016}}</ref>
[[File:PampasCat_distribution.jpg|frameless|upright=0.8]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ccFFcc;"
|[[Macja e Andeve]] (''L. jacobitus'') {{small|([[Emilio Cornalia|Cornalia]], 1865)}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cornalia |first1=E. |year=1865 |title=Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Felis. ''Felis jacobita'' (Corn.) |journal=Memorie della Societá Italiana di Scienze Naturali |volume=1 |pages=3−9 |url=https://archive.org/details/memoriedella118651866mila/page/n11}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkgreen|2.70 to 1.18 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Andean cat 1 Jim Sanderson.jpg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|EN|15955}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Leopardus jacobita'' |author=Villalba, L. |author2=Lucherini, M. | author3=Walker, S. |author4=Lagos, N. | author5=Cossios, D. | author6=Bennett, M. | author7=Huaranca, J. | name-list-style=amp |page=e.T15452A50657407 |date=2016}}</ref>
[[File:AndeanCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ccFFcc;"
|[[Okeloti]] (''L. pardalis'') {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Linnaeus |first1=C. |year=1758 |title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |location=Holmiae |publisher=Laurentius Salvius |page=42 |chapter=Felis pardalis |volume=I |edition=Tenth |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753000798865#page/41/mode/2up}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkgreen|2.41 to 1.01 Mya}}; 4.76 to 0.05 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/><br />
[[File:Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)-8.jpg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Leopardus pardalis'' |author=Paviolo, A. |author2=Crawshaw, P. |author3=Caso, A. |author4=de Oliveira, T. |author5=Lopez-Gonzalez, C.A. |author6=Kelly, M. |author7=De Angelo, C. |author8=Payan, E. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T11509A97212355}}</ref>
[[File:Ocelot_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ccFFcc;"
|[[Margai]] (''L. wiedii'') {{small|([[Heinrich Rudolf Schinz|Schinz]], 1821)}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Schinz |first=H. R. |year=1821 |title=Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere: als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie von dem Herrn Ritter von Cuvier. Säugethiere und Vögel, Volume 1 |publisher=Cotta |location=Stuttgart, Tübingen |chapter=Wiedische Katze ''Felis wiedii'' |pages=235–236 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D3o-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA235}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkgreen|2.41 to 1.01 Mya}}; 4.76 to 0.05 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/><br />
[[File:Margaykat Leopardus wiedii.jpg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|NT|15953}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Leopardus wiedii'' |author=de Oliveira, T. |author2=Paviolo, A. |author3=Schipper, J. |author4=Bianchi, R. |author5=Payan, E. |author6=Carvajal, S. V. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T11511A50654216 |year=2015}}</ref>
[[File:Margay distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ccFFcc;"
|[[Kodkodi]] (''L. guigna'') {{small|(Molina, 1782)}}<ref name=Molina/>
diverged {{font color|darkgreen|1.48 to 0.56 Mya}}; 4.64 to 0.04 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/><br />
[[File:Leopardus guigna.jpeg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Leopardus guigna'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Napolitano, C. |author2=Gálvez, N. |author3=Bennett, M. |author4=Acosta-Jamett, G. |author5=Sanderson, J. |page= e.T15311A50657245 |date=2015}}</ref>
[[File:Guigna distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ccFFcc;"
|[[Macja e Geofroit]] (''L. geoffroyi'') {{small|([[d'Orbigny]] & [[Paul Gervais|Gervais]], 1844)}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=D'Orbigny |first1=A. |last2=Gervais |first2=P. |date=1844 |title=Mammalogie: Nouvelle espèce de Felis |url=https://archive.org/details/extraitsdesproc79184244soci/page/40 |journal=Extraits des Procès-verbaux des Séances |volume=9 |pages=40−41}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkgreen|1.48 to 0.56 Mya}}; 4.64 to 0.04 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/><br />
[[File:Salzkatze.jpg|frameless|upright=1.2]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Leopardus geoffroyi'' |author=Pereira, J. |author2=Lucherini, M. |author3=Trigo, T. |name-list-style=amp |volume=2015 |page=e.T15310A50657011 |date=2015}}</ref>
[[File:GeoffroysCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ccFFcc;"
|[[Onkilla]] (''L. tigrinus'') {{small|(Schreber, 1775)}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Schreber, J. C. D. |year=1778 |chapter=Die Maragua |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/SaYugthiereAbbiIIISchr#page/396/mode/1up |pages=396–397 |title=Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen |location=Erlangen |publisher=Wolfgang Walther}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkgreen|1.48 to 0.56 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Leopardus tigrinus - Parc des Félins.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Leopardus tigrinus'' |author1=E.Payan|author2=T. de Oliveira|page=e.T54012637A50653881 |date=2016}}</ref>
[[File:Oncilla distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ccFFcc;"
|[[Tigrina jugore]] (''L. guttulus'') {{small| ([[:de:Reinhold Hensel|Hensel]], 1872)}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hensel |first1=R. |year=1872 |title=Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Säugethiere Süd-Brasiliens |journal=Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin |pages=1−130 |issue=1873 |url=https://archive.org/details/abhandlungenderk1872deut/page/n152}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkgreen|0.8 to 0.5 Mya}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Trigo |first1=T. C. |last2=Schneider |first2=A. |last3=de Oliveira |first3=T. G. |last4=Lehugeur |first4=L. M. |last5=Silveira |first5=L. |last6=Freitas |first6=T. R. O. |last7=Eizirik |first7=E. |date=2013 |title=Molecular Data Reveal Complex Hybridization and a Cryptic Species of Neotropical Wild Cat |journal=Current Biology |volume=23 |issue=24 |pages=2528–2533 |pmid=24291091 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.046|doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
[[File:Leopardus tigrinus (Felis tigrina) - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC02677.JPG|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |author=de Oliveira, T. |author2=Trigo, T. |author3=Tortato, M. |author4=Paviolo, A |author5=Bianchi, R. |author6=& Leite-Pitman, M. R. P. |title=''Leopardus guttulus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T54010476A54010576 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T54010476A54010576.en }}</ref>
[[File:SouthernTigerCat distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#FFFFaa;"
|rowspan="4"|''[[Lynx]]'' {{small|[[Robert Kerr (writer)|Kerr]], 1792}}<ref name=Kerr>{{cite book |last1=Kerr |first1=R. |title=The Animal Kingdom or zoological system of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia |date=1792 |publisher=A. Strahan & T. Cadell |location=Edinburgh & London |page=157−158 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/animalkingdomorz00linn/page/157 |chapter=F. Lynx canadensis}}</ref><br />{{font color|darkorange|[Lineage 5: 9.81 to 5.62 Mya]}}; 8.67 to 2.39 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/>
|[[Rrëqebulli i kuq]] (''L. rufus'') {{small|(Schreber, 1777)}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Schreber, J. C. D. |year=1778 |chapter=Der Rotluchs |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/SaYugthiereAbbiIIISchr#page/412/mode/1up |pages=442–443 |title=Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen |location=Erlangen |publisher=Wolfgang Walther}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkorange|4.74 to 2.53 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Bobcat2.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |author=Kelly, M. |author2=Morin, D. |author3=& Lopez-Gonzalez, C. A. |year=2016 |title=''Lynx rufus'' |page=e.T12521A50655874}}</ref>
[[File:Bobcat distribution2016.jpg|frameless]]
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|[[Rrëqebulli kanadez]] (''L. canadensis'') {{small|Kerr, 1792}}<ref name=Kerr/>
diverged {{font color|darkorange|2.6 to 1.06 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Lynx-canadensis.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Vashon, J. |date=2016 |title=''Lynx canadensis'' |page=e.T12518A101138963}}</ref>
[[File:CanadaLynx distribution2016.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#FFFFaa;"
|[[Rrëqebulli evroaziatik]] (''L. lynx'') {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Linnaeus, C. |year=1758 |title=Caroli Linnæi Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |volume=Tomus I |edition=decima, reformata |location=Holmiae |publisher=Laurentius Salvius |page=43 |chapter=Felis lynx |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753000798865#page/43/mode/2up}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkorange|1.98 to 0.7 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Lynx Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald 01.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Breitenmoser, U. |author2=Breitenmoser-Würsten, C. |author3=Lanz, T. |author4=von Arx, M. |author5=Antonevich, A. |author6=Bao, W. |author7=Avgan, B. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Lynx lynx'' |volume=2015 |page=e.T12519A121707666 |year=2015}}</ref>
[[File:EuropeanLynx_distribution2015.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#FFFFaa;"
|[[Rrëqebulli iberik]] (''L. pardinus'') {{small|([[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1827)}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Temminck, C. J. |year=1827 |title=Monographies de mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Vol. 1 |location=Leiden |publisher=C. C. Vander Hoek |chapter=Felis pardina |pages=116−117 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temm/page/116}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|darkorange|1.98 to 0.7 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Linces19.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|EN|15955}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Lynx pardinus'' |author=Rodríguez, A. |author2=Calzada, J. |name-list-style=amp |volume=2015 |page=e.T12520A50655794 |date=2015 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T12520A50655794.en }}</ref>
[[File:IberianLynx distribution2015.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffdd66;"
|''[[Acinonyx]]'' {{small|[[Joshua Brookes|Brookes]], 1828}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brookes |first1=J. |year=1828 |title=A catalogue of the Anatomical and Zoological Museum of Joshua Brookes |location=London |publisher=Richard Taylor |pages=16 |chapter=Section Carnivora. Order Prædacae |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/b22475886/page/16}}</ref><br />{{font color|#dd4400|[Lineage 6: 9.20 to 5.27 Mya]}}
|[[Gepardi]] (''A. jubatus'') {{small|Schreber, 1775)}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schreber |first1=J. C. D. |year=1777 |chapter=Der Gepard |title=Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (Dritter Theil) |publisher=Wolfgang Walther |location=Erlangen |pages=392−393 |chapter-url=https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schreber1875textbd3/0112/image}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#dd4400|6.92 to 3.86 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female 2.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Durant, S. |author2=Mitchell, N. |author3=Ipavec, A. |author4=Groom, R. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Acinonyx jubatus'' |date=2015 |volume=2015 |page=e.T219A50649567}}</ref>
[[File:Cheetah_range.gif|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffdd66;"
|''[[Puma (genus)|Puma]]'' {{small|[[Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet|Jardine]] 1834}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jardine |first1=W. |year=1834 |title=Naturalists' library, Mammalia, volume 2 |location=Edinburgh |publisher=Lizars, Stirling and Kenney |pages=266–267 |chapter=Genus II. ''Puma'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/naturalistslibra16jardrich/page/266}}</ref><br />{{font color|#dd4400|[Lineage 6]}}
|[[Kugari]] (''P. concolor'') {{small|Linnaeus, 1771}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Linnaeus, C. |year=1771 |title=Mantissa plantarum altera. Generum editionis VI et specierum editionis II. Regni animalis appendix |location=Holmiae |publisher=Laurentii Salvii |chapter=''Felis concolor'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/CarLinneMantiss00Linn/page/522 |page=522}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#dd4400|6.01 to 3.16 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Mountain Lion in Glacier National Park.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Nielsen, C. |author2=Thompson, D. |author3=Kelly, M. |author4=Lopez-Gonzalez, C. A. |title=''Puma concolor'' |journal=[[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] |volume=2015 |page=e.T18868A97216466 |year=2015 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18868A50663436.en }}</ref>
[[File:Cougar distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffdd66;"
|''Herpailurus'' {{small|Severtzov, 1858}}<ref name=Severtzow1858/><br />{{font color|#dd4400|[Lineage 6]}}
|[[Jaguarundi]] (''H. yagouaroundi'') {{small|([[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], 1803)}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Geoffroy St. Hilaire, É. |year=1803 |title=Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |location=Paris, France |publisher=Museum National d'histoire naturelle |pages=124 |chapter=Le Chat Yagouarundi ''Felis yagouarundi'' |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=951AAAAAcAAJ}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#dd4400|6.01 to 3.16 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Herpailurus yagouaroundi Jaguarundi ZOO Děčín.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Herpailurus yagouaroundi'' |author=Caso, A. |author2=de Oliveira, T. |author3=Carvajal, S.V. |volume=2015 |page=e.T9948A50653167 |date=2015 | doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T9948A50653167.en }}</ref>
[[File:Jaguarundi_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffdddd;"
|''[[Otocolobus]]'' {{small|[[Johann Friedrich von Brandt|Brandt]], 1842}}<ref>{{cite journal |author=Brandt J. F. |year=1842 |title=Observations sur le manoul (''Felis manul'' Pallas) |journal=Bulletin Scientifique. Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg |volume=9 |pages=37–39}}</ref><br />{{font color|#aa3322|[Lineage 7: 8.55 to 4.8 Mya]}}; 9.4 to 1.46 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/>
|[[Macja e Pallasit]] (''O. manul'') {{small|([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1776)}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pallas |first1=P. S. |year=1776 |title=Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs in einem ausführlichen Auszuge. Volume 3 |publisher=J. G. Fleischer |location=Frankfurt und Leipzig |chapter=''Felis manul'' |page=490 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ya8UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA490}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#aa3322|8.16 to 4.53 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Manoel.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|NT|15953}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Otocolobus manul'' |author=Ross, S. |author2=Barashkova, A. |author3=Farhadinia, M. S. |author4=Appel, A. |author5=Riordan, P. |author6=Sanderson, J. |author7=Munkhtsog, B. |name-list-style=amp |date=2016}}</ref>
[[File:Manul_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffdddd;"
|rowspan="5"|''[[Prionailurus]]'' {{small|Severtzov, 1858}}<ref name=Severtzow1858/><br />{{font color|#aa3322|[Lineage 7]}}; 8.76 to 0.73 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/>
|[[Macja me njolla të ndryshkura]] (''P. rubiginosus'') {{small|([[Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], 1834)}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire |first1=I. |year=1831 |chapter=Le Chat à Taches de Rouille, ''Felis rubiginosa'' (Nob.)l |pages=140−144 |chapter-url=https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10469043_00182.htm |title=Voyage aux Indes-Orientales par le nord de l'Europe, les provinces du Caucases, la Géorgie, l'Arménie et la Perse, suivi des détails topographiques, statistiques et autre sur le Pégou, les Iles de Jave, de Maurice et de Bourbon, sur le Cap-de-bonne-Espérance et Sainte-Hélène, pendant les années 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829. Tome 3: Zoologie |editor1-last=Bélanger |editor1-first=C. |editor2-last=Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire |editor2-first=I. |publisher=Arthus Bertrand |location=Paris}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#aa3322|6.54 to 3.42 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Rusty spotted cat 1.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|NT|15953}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |last=Mukherjee |first=S. |last2=Duckworth |first2=J. W. |last3=Silva |first3=A. |last4=Appel |first4=A. |last5=Kittle |first5=A. |name-list-style=amp |date=2016 |title=''Prionailurus rubiginosus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T18149A50662471}}</ref>
[[File:Rusty-spottedCat distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffdddd;"
|[[Macja leopard]] (''P. bengalensis'') {{small|(Kerr, 1792)}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerr |first1=R. |year=1792 |title=The Animal Kingdom or zoological system of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia |publisher=A. Strahan & T. Cadell |location=Edinburgh & London |pages=151–152 |chapter=Bengal Tiger-Cat ''Felis bengalensis'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/animalkingdomorz00linn/page/151}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#aa3322|4.31 to 2.04 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Close-up_of_a_Leopard_Cat_in_Sundarban.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |author=Ross, J. |author2=Brodie, J. |author3=Cheyne, S. |author4=Hearn, A. |author5=Izawa, M. |author6=Loken, B. |author7=Lynam, A. |author8=McCarthy, J. |author9=Mukherjee, S. |author10=Phan, C. |author11=Rasphone, A. |author12=Wilting, A. |title=''Prionailurus bengalensis'' |page=e.T18146A50661611 |date=2015}}</ref>
[[File:LeopardCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffdddd;"
|[[Macja peshkatare]] (''P. viverrinus'') {{small|([[Edward Turner Bennett|Bennett]], 1833)}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bennett |first1=E. T. |year=1833 |title=''Felis viverrinus'' |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=Part I |pages=68–69 |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/lietuvostsrmoksl33liet#page/n81/mode/2up}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#aa3322|3.82 to 1.74 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Fishing_Cat_(120780371).jpeg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{cite iucn |author1=Mukherjee, S. |author2=Appel, A. |author3=Duckworth, J. W. |author4=Sanderson, J. |author5=Dahal, S. |author6=Willcox, D. H. A. |author7=Herranz Muñoz, V. |author8=Malla, G. |author9=Ratnayaka, A. |author10=Kantimahanti, M. |author11=Thudugala, A. |author12=Thaung R. |author13=Rahman, H. |title=''Prionailurus viverrinus'' |date=2016 |volume=2016 |page=e.T18150A50662615}}</ref>
[[File:FishingCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffdddd;"
|[[Macja kokësheshtë]] (''P. planiceps'') {{small|(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)}}<ref name=VigorsHorsfield/>
diverged {{font color|#aa3322|3.82 to 1.74 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Flat-headed cat 1 Jim Sanderson.JPG|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |title=''Prionailurus planiceps'' |author=Wilting, A. |author2=Brodie, J. |author3=Cheyne, S. |author4=Hearn, A. |author5=Lynam, A. |author6=Mathai, J. |author7=McCarthy, J. |author8=Meijaard, E. |author9=Mohamed, A. |author10=Ross, J. |author11=Sunarto, S. |author12=& Traeholt, C. |volume=2015 |page=e.T18148A50662095 |date=2015}}</ref>
[[File:Flat-headedCat distribution2015.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffdddd;"
|[[Macja leopard i Sundës]] (''P. javanensis'') {{small|([[Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest|Desmarest]], 1816)}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Desmarest, A. G. |year=1816 |chapter=Le Chat de Java, ''Felis javanensis'' Nob. |page=115 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/download/nouveaudictionna06metc/page/n130_w411 |title=Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine. Tome 6 |editor=Société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs |location=Paris |publisher=Chez Deterville}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#aa3322|1.3 to 0.56 Mya}}<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Patel, R. P. |author2=Wutke, S. |author3=Lenz, D. |author4=Mukherjee, S.| author5=Ramakrishnan, U.|author6= Veron, G.|author7= Fickel, J.|author8= Wilting, A.|author9= Förster, D. |year=2017 |title=Genetic Structure and Phylogeography of the Leopard Cat (''Prionailurus bengalensis'') Inferred from Mitochondrial Genomes |journal=Journal of Heredity |volume=108 |issue=4 |pages=349−360 |doi=10.1093/jhered/esx017|pmid=28498987 |doi-access=free }}</ref><br />

|
[[File:SundaLeopardCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffbbdd;"
|rowspan="7"|''[[Felis]]'' {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}}<ref name=Linnaeus>{{Cite book |last=Linnaeus |first=C. |title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis |location=Holmiae |publisher=Laurentii Salvii |year=1758 |pages=42–44 |chapter=''Felis'' |language=la |volume=1 |edition=Tenth reformed |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000798865/page/42}}</ref><br />{{font color|#882277|[Lineage 8: 4.88 to 2.41 Mya]}}; 6.52 to 1.03 Mya<ref name=Li_al2016/>
|[Macja e xhunglës]] (''F. chaus'') {{small|Schreber, 1777}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Schreber, J. C. D. |year=1778 |chapter=Der Kirmyschak |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/SaYugthiereAbbiIIISchr#page/414/mode/2up |pages=414–416 |title=Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen |location=Erlangen |publisher=Wolfgang Walther}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#882277|4.88 to 2.41 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Jungle_Cat_Felis_chaus_by_Dr._Raju_Kasambe_DSCN7957_(3).jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Gray, T. N. E. |author2=Timmins, R. J. |author3=Jathana, D. |author4=Duckworth, J. W. |author5=Baral, H. |author6=Mukherjee, S. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Felis chaus'' |page=e.T8540A50651463 |date=2016}}</ref>
[[File:Distribution_of_Jungle_Cat.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffbbdd;"
|[[Macja këmbëzezë]] (''F. nigripes'') {{small|[[William John Burchell|Burchell]], 1824}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burchell |first1=W. J. |title=Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, Vol. II |year=1824 |publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green |location=London |page=592 |chapter=''Felis nigripes'' |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGpdAAAAcAAJ&lpg=PP7&pg=PA592#v=snippet}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#882277|4.44 to 2.16 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Blackfooted2.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Sliwa, A. |author2=Wilson, B. |author3=Küsters, M. |author4=Tordiffe, A. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Felis nigripes'' |page=e.T8542A50652196 |date=2016}}</ref>
[[File:Black-footedCat distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffbbdd;"
|[[Macja e rërës]] (''F. margarita'') {{small|[[Victor Loche|Loche]], 1858}}<ref>{{cite journal |last=Loche |first=V. |year=1858 |title=Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Chat par M. le capitaine Loche |trans-title=Description of a new species of cat, Mr. Captain Loche |journal=Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée |pages=49–50 |series=2 |volume=X |url=https://archive.org/stream/revueetmagasinde10soci#page/49/mode/1up}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#882277|3.67 to 1.72 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Persian_sand_CAT.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{Cite iucn |author=Sliwa, A. | author2=Ghadirian, T. |author3=Appel, A. |author4=Banfield, L. |author5=Sher Shah, M. |author6=Wacher, T. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Felis margarita'' |page=e.T8541A50651884 |date=2016}}</ref>
[[File:SandCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffbbdd;"
|[[Macja e maleve kineze]] (''F. bieti'') {{small|[[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|Milne-Edwards]], 1892}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Milne-Edwards |first1=A. |year=1892 |title=Observations sur les mammifères du Thibet |journal=Revue Générale des Sciences Pures et Appliquées |volume=III |pages=670–671 |url=https://archive.org/stream/bulletinbiologiq03univ#page/670/mode/2up}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#882277|1.86 to 0.72 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Chinese Mountain Cat (Felis Bieti) in XiNing Wild Zoo croped.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|VU|136603}}<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Riordan, P. |author2=Sanderson, J. |author3=Bao, W. |author4=Abdukadir, A. |author5=Shi, K. |title=''Felis bieti'' |volume=2015 |page=e.T8539A50651398 |date=2015}}</ref>
[[File:ChineseMountainCat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffbbdd;"
|[[Macja e egër afrikane]] (''F. lybica'') {{small|[[Georg Forster|Forster]], 1780}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Forster |first1=G. R. |year=1780 |title=Herrn von Büffons Naturgeschichte der vierfüssigen Thiere. Mit Vermehrungen, aus dem Französischen übersetzt. Sechster Band |trans-title=Mr. von Büffon‘s Natural History of Quadrupeds. With additions, translated from French. Volume 6 |location=Berlin |publisher=Joachim Pauli |chapter=LIII. Der Karakal |pages=299–319 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qohRAAAAYAAJ&pg=SL26-PA13}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#882277|1.86 to 0.72 Mya}}<br />
[[File:Parc des Felins Chat de Gordoni 28082013 2.jpg|frameless]]
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[[File:AfricanWildcat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffbbdd;"
||[[Macja e egër Europiane]] (''F. silvestris'') {{small|Schreber, 1777}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Schreber |first=J. C. D. |date=1778 |chapter=Die wilde Kaze |trans-chapter=The wild Cat |pages=397–402 |title=Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (Dritter Theil) |publisher=Expedition des Schreber'schen Säugthier- und des Esper'schen Schmetterlingswerkes |location=Erlangen |chapter-url= http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schreber1875textbd3/0095?page_query=397&navmode=struct&action=pagesearch&sid=cc4bffe3d0372c2d2c5c1ddb03aed21d}}</ref>
diverged {{font color|#882277|1.62 to 0.59 Mya}}<br />
[[File:European_Wildcat_Nationalpark_Bayerischer_Wald_03.jpg|frameless]]
|{{IUCN status|LC|3847}}<ref>{{cite iucn |title=''Felis silvestris'' |author=Yamaguchi, N. |author2=Kitchener, A. |author3=Driscoll, C. |author4=Nussberger, B. |name-list-style=amp |volume=2015 |page=e.T60354712A50652361 |date=2015}}</ref>
[[File:EuropeanWildcat_distribution.jpg|frameless]]
|- style="vertical-align: top; background-color:#ffbbdd;"
|[[Macja]] (''F. catus'') {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}}<ref name=Linnaeus/>
[[File:Jammlich crop.jpg|frameless]]
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|}

===Filogjenia===
Marrëdhëniet filogjenetike të felidëve të gjalla tregohen në kladogramën e mëposhtme:<ref name=Johnson06/><ref name=Li_al2016/>
{{clade |style=font-size:85%;line-height:85%;background-color:#eeeeFF;border:1px solid darkred;
|thickness=2 |label1=&nbsp; '''''Felidae''''' &nbsp; 
|1={{clade |thickness=2
   |caption=Panthera lineage |captionstyle=background-color:#eeccFF;color:#880088;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;padding:2px 10px 1px 1px; 
   |thickness1=2
   |label1=&nbsp; '''[[Pantherinae]]''' &nbsp;
   |color1=red |style1=background-color:#eeccFF;
   |1={{clade
      |thickness=2
      |label1=&nbsp; ''[[Panthera]]'' &nbsp; 
      |1={{clade
         |thickness=2 |color=red
         |1={{clade
            |thickness=2 |color=red
            |1={{clade
               |thickness=2 |color=red
               |1=[[Leopardi]] (''P. pardus'')
               |2=[[Luani]] (''P. leo'')
               }}
            |2=[[Jaguari]] ''(P. onca)''
            }}
         |2={{clade
            |thickness=2 |color=red
            |1=[[Leopardi i dëborës]] ''(P. uncia)''
            |2=[[Tigri]] ''(P. tigris)''
            }} }}
      |label2=&nbsp; ''[[Neofelis]]'' &nbsp; |color=red
      |2={{clade
         |thickness=2 |color=red
         |1=[[Leopardi me re]] (''N. nebulosa'')
         |2=[[Leopardi me re i Sundës]] ''(N. diardi)''
         }} }}
   |label2=&nbsp; '''[[Felinae]]''' &nbsp; 
   |2={{clade
      |caption=Bay cat lineage |captionstyle=background-color:#ddddFF;color:blue;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;padding:1px 10px 2px 1px;
      |thickness=2 |style1=background-color:#ddddFF; |color1=blue
      |newick1x=((Bay cat, Asian golden cat), Marbled cat)Pardofelis
      |1={{clade
         |thickness=2 |label1=&nbsp; ''[[Catopuma]]'' &nbsp; |color=blue
         |1={{clade
            |thickness=2 |color=blue
            |1=[[Macja e Borneos]] ''(C. badia)''
            |2=[[Mazja e artë aziatike]] ''(C. temminckii)''
            }}
         |label2=&nbsp; ''[[Pardofelis]]'' &nbsp; 
         |2=[[Macja e memertë]] (''P. marmorata'')
         }}
      |2={{clade
         |caption=Caracal lineage |captionstyle=background-color:#eeFFFF;color:darkcyan;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;padding:1px 10px 1px 1px; 
         |thickness=2 |style1=background-color:#eeFFFF; |color1=darkcyan
         |1={{clade
            |label1=&nbsp; ''[[Caracal (genus)|Caracal]]'' &nbsp;
            |thickness=2 |color=darkcyan
            |1={{clade
               |thickness=2 |color=darkcyan
               |1=[[KaraKalI]] (''C. caracal'')
               |2=[[Macja e artë afrikane]] (''C. aurata'')
               }}
            |label2=&nbsp; ''[[Leptailurus]]'' &nbsp; 
            |2=[[Servali]] ''(L. serval)''
            }}
         |2={{clade
            |caption=Ocelot lineage |captionstyle=background-color:#ccFFcc;color:darkgreen;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;padding:1px 10px 1px 1px;
            |label1=&nbsp; ''[[Leopardus]]'' &nbsp;
            |thickness=2 |color1=green |style1=background-color:#ccFFcc;
            |1={{clade
               |thickness=2 |color=green
               |1={{clade
                  |thickness=2 |color=green
                  |1={{clade
                     |thickness=2 |color=green
                     |1={{clade
                        |thickness=2 |color=green
                        |1=[[Macja e Geofroit]] (''L. geoffroyi'')
                        |2=[[Kodkodi]] (''L. guigna'')
                        }}
                     |2=[[Onkilla]] (''L. tigrina'')
                     }}
                  |2={{clade
                     |thickness=2 |color=green
                     |1=[[Mcja e Andeve]] (''L. jacobita'')
                     |2=[[Macja e Pampasit]] (''L. colocola'')
                     }} }}
               |2={{clade
                  |thickness=2 |color=green
                  |1=[[Okeloti]] (''L. pardalis'')
                  |2=[[Margai]] (''L. wiedii'')
                  }} }}
            |2={{clade
               |caption=Lynx lineage |captionstyle=background-color:#FFFFaa;color:darkorange;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;padding:1px 10px 1px 1px;
               |label1=&nbsp; ''[[Lynx]]'' &nbsp;
               |thickness=2 |color1=darkorange |style1=background-color:#ffffaa;
               |1={{clade
                  |thickness=2 |color=darkorange
                  |1={{clade
                     |thickness=2 |color=darkorange
                     |1={{clade
                        |thickness=2 |color=darkorange
                        |1=[[Rrëqebulli evroaziatik]] (''L. lynx'')
                        |2=[[Rrëqebulli iberik]] (''L. pardinus'')
                        }}
                     |2=[[Rrëqebulli kanadez]] (''L. canadensis'')
                     }}
                  |2=[[Rrëqebulli i kuq]] (''L. rufus'')
                  }}
               |2={{clade
                  |caption=Puma lineage |captionstyle=background-color:#ffdd66;color:#dd4400;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;padding:1px 10px 1px 1px;
                  |thickness=2 |color1=#dd4400 |style1=background-color:#ffdd66;
                  |1={{clade
                     |thickness=2 |color=#dd4400
                     |1={{clade
                        |thickness=2 |color=#dd4400
                        |label1=&nbsp; ''[[Puma (genus)|Puma]]'' &nbsp; 
                        |1=[[Kugari]] (''P. concolor'')
                        |label2=&nbsp; ''[[Herpailurus]]'' &nbsp; 
                        |2=[[Jaguarundi]] (''H. yagouaroundi'')
                        }}
                     |label2=&nbsp; ''[[Acinonyx]]'' &nbsp; 
                     |2=[[Gepardi]] (''A. jubatus'')
                     }}
                  |2={{clade
                     |caption=Leopard cat lineage |captionstyle=background-color:#ffdddd;color:#aa3322;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;padding:1px 10px 2px 1px;
                     |thickness=2 |color1=#aa3322 |style1=background-color:#FFdddd;
                     |1={{clade
                        |thickness=2 |color=#aa3322
                        |label1=&nbsp; ''[[Prionailurus]]'' &nbsp; 
                        |1={{clade
                           |thickness=2 |color=#aa3322
                           |1={{clade
                              |thickness=2 |color=#aa3322
                              |1={{clade
                                 |thickness=2 |color=#aa3322
                                 |1=[[Macja leopard]] (''P. bengalensis'')
                                 |2=[[Macja peshkatare]] (''P. viverrinus'')
                                 }}
                              |2=[[Macja kokësheshtë]] (''P. planiceps'')
                              }}
                           |2=[[Macja me njolla të ndryshkura]] (''P. rubiginosus'')
                           }}
                        |label2=&nbsp; ''[[Otocolobus]]'' &nbsp; 
                        |2=[[Macja e Pallasit]] (''O. manul'')
                        }}
                     |footer=Domestic cat lineage &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |footerstyle=background-color:#ffbbdd;color:#882277;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;padding:1px 10px 10px 1px;
                     |label2=&nbsp; ''[[Felis]]'' &nbsp;
                     |color2=#882277 |style2=background-color:#ffbbdd; 
                     |2={{clade
                        |thickness=2 |color=#882277
                        |1=[[Macja e Xhunglës]] (''F. chaus'')
                        |2={{clade
                           |thickness=2 |color=#882277
                           |1=[[Macja këmbëzrzë]] (''F. nigripes'')
                           |2={{clade
                              |thickness=2 |color=#882277
                              |1=[[Macja e rërës]] (''F. margarita'')
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=== Taksat parahistorike ===

* '''Proailurinae'''
** ''[[Proailurus]]'' (Filhol, 1879)
*** ''P. lemanensis'' (Filhol, 1879)
*** ''P. bourbonnensis'' (Peigne, 1999)
*** ''P. major'' (Peigne, 1999)
* '''Pseudailurus''' grade
** ''[[Pseudaelurus]]'' (Gervais, 1850)
*** ''P. quadridentatus'' (Blainville, 1882)
*** ''P. guangheesis'' (Cao et al, 1990)
*** ''P. cuspidatus'' (Wang et al, 1998)
** ''[[Sivaelurus]]'' (Pilgrim, 1910)
*** ''S. chinjiensis'' (Pilgrim, 1910)
** ''[[Hyperailurictis]]'' (Kretzoi, 1929)
*** ''H. intrepidus'' (Leidy, 1858)
*** ''H. marshi'' (Thorpe, 1922)
*** ''H. stouti'' (Schultz & Martin, 1972)
*** ''H. validus'' (Rothwell, 2001)
*** ''H. skinneri'' (Rothwell, 2003)
** ''[[Styriofelis]]'' (Kretzoi, 1929)
*** ''S. turnauensis'' (Deperet, 1892)
*** ''S. romieviensis'' (Roman & Viret, 1934)
** ''[[Miopanthera]]'' (Kretzoi, 1938)
*** ''M. lorteti'' (Gaillard, 1899)
*** ''M. pamiri'' (Ozansoy, 1965)
* '''Pantherinae'''
** ''[[Panthera]]''
*** ''[[Luani i shpellës evroaziatik|P. spelaea]]'' (Goldfuss, 1810)
*** ''[[Luani amerikan|P. atrox]]'' (Leidy, 1853)
*** ''[[Panthera fossilis|P. fossilis]]'' (Reichenau, 1906)
*** ''[[Panthera palaeosinensis|P. palaeosinensis]]'' (Zdansky, 1924)
*** ''[[Panthera youngi|P. youngi]]'' (Pei, 1934)
*** ''[[Panthera gombaszoegensis|P. gombaszoegensis]]'' (Kretzoi, 1938)
*** ''[[Panthera shawi|P. shawi]]'' (Broom, 1948)
*** ''[[Panthera zdanskyi|P. zdanskyi]]'' (Mazák, Christiansen & Kitchener, 2011)
*** ''[[Panthera blytheae|P. blytheae]]'' (Tseng et al., 2013)
*** ''[[Panthera balamoides|P. balamoides]]'' (Stinnesbeck et al., 2019)
*** ''[[Luani|P. leo]]''
**** ''[[Panthera leo sinhaleyus|P. leo sinhaleyus]]''
*** ''[[Jaguari|P. onca]]''
**** ''[[Panthera onca augusta|P. onca augusta]]'' (Leidy, 1872)
**** ''[[Panthera onca mesembrina|P. onca mesembrina]]'' (Cabrera 1934)
*** ''[[Leopardi|P. pardus]]''
**** ''[[Leopardi evropian|P. pardus spelaea]]'' (Bächler, 1936)
*** ''[[Tigri|P. tigris]]''
**** ''[[Panthera tigris trinilensis|P. tigris trinilensis]]'' (Dubois, 1908)
**** ''[[Panthera tigris soloensis|P. tigris soloensis]]'' (Koenigswald, 1933)
* '''Felinae'''
** ''[[Felis]]''
*** ''[[Felis lunensis|F. lunensis]]'' (Martelli, 1906)
** ''[[Rrëqebulli|Lynx]]''
*** ''[[Lynx issiodorensis|L. issiodorensis]]'' (Croizet & Jobert, 1828)
*** ''L. rexroadensis'' (Stephens, 1959)
*** ''L. thomasi''
** ''[[Puma]]''
*** ''[[Puma pardoides|P. pardoides]]'' (Owen, 1846)
*** ''[[Puma pumoides|P. pumoides]]'' (Castellanos, 1956)
** ''[[Acinonyx]]''
*** ''[[Gepardi gjigand|A. pardinensis]]'' (Croizet & Jobert, 1828)
*** ''A. intermedius'' (Thenius, 1954)
*** ''A. aicha'' (Geraads, 1997)
** ''[[Sivapanthera]]'' (Kretzoi, 1929)
*** ''S. arvernensis'' (Croizet & Jobert, 1828)
*** ''S. brachygnathus'' (Lydekker, 1884)
*** ''S. pleistocaenicus'' (Zdansky, 1925)
*** ''S. potens'' (Pilgrim, 1932)
*** ''S. linxiaensis'' (Qiu et al., 2004)
*** ''S. padhriensis'' (Ghaffar & Akhtar, 2004)
** ''[[Pratifelis]]'' (Hibbard, 1934)
*** ''P. martini'' (Hibbard, 1934)
** ''[[Miracinonyx]]'' (Adams, 1979)
*** ''M. inexpectatus'' (Cope, 1895)
*** ''M. trumani'' (Orr, 1969)
** ''[[Diamantofelis]]'' (Morales, Pickford, Soria & Fraile, 1998)
*** ''D. ferox'' (Morales, Pickford, Soria & Fraile, 1998)
** ''[[Namafelis]]'' (Morales, Pickford, Fraile, Salesa & Soria, 2003)
*** ''N. minor'' (Morales, Pickford, Fraile, Salesa & Soria, 2003)
** ''[[Asilifelis]]'' (Werdelin, 2011)
*** ''A. coteae'' Werdelin, 2011
** ''[[Leptofelis]]'' (Salesa et al., 2012)
*** ''L. vallesiensis'' (Salesa et al., 2012)
** ''[[Pristifelis]]'' (Salesa et al., 2012)
*** ''P. attica'' (Wagner, 1857)
** ''[[Katifelis]]'' (Adrian, Werdelin & Grossman, 2018)
*** ''K. nightingalei'' (Adrian, Werdelin & Grossman, 2018)
* '''[[Machairodontinae]]'''
** ''[[Tchadailurus]]'' (Salesa et al., 2012)
*** ''T. adei'' (Bonis et al., 2018)
** Fisi [[Metailurini]]:
*** ''[[Metailurus]]'' (Zdansky, 1924)
**** ''M. major'' (Zdansky, 1924)
**** ''M. mongoliensis'' (Colbert, 1939)
**** ''M. ultimus'' (Li, 2014)
**** ''M. boodon''
*** ''[[Adelphailurus]]'' (Hibbard, 1934)
**** ''A. kansensis'' (Hibbard, 1934)
*** ''[[Stenailurus]]''
**** ''S. teilhardi''
*** ''[[Dinofelis]]'' (Zdansky, 1924)
**** ''D. aronoki''
**** ''D. barlowi''
**** ''D. cristata''
**** ''D. darti''
**** ''D. diastemata''
**** ''D. paleoonca''
**** ''D. petteri''
**** ''D. piveteaui''
*** ''[[Yoshi]]'' (Spassov and Geraads, 2014)
**** ''Y. minor'' (Zdansky, 1924)
**** ''Y. garevskii'' (Spassov and Geraads, 2014)
** Fisi [[Smilodontini]]:
*** ''[[Megantereon]]'' (Croizet & Jobert, 1828)
**** ''M. cultridens'' (Cuvier, 1824)
**** ''M. nihowanensis'' (Teilhard de Chardin & Piveteau, 1930)
**** ''M. hesperus'' (Gazin, 1933)
**** ''M. whitei'' (Broom, 1937)
**** ''M. inexpectatus'' (Tielhard de Chardin, 1939)
**** ''M. vakshensis'' (Sarapov, 1986)
**** ''M. ekidoit'' (Werdelin & Lewis, 2000)
**** ''M. microta'' (Zhu et al., 2015)
*** ''[[Smilodoni|Smilodon]]'' (Lund, 1842)
**** ''S. populator'' (Lund, 1842)
**** ''S. fatalis'' (Leidy, 1869)
**** ''S. gracilis'' (Cope, 1880)
*** ''[[Paramachairodus]]'' (Pilgrim, 1913)
**** ''P. maximiliani''
**** ''P. orientalis''
**** ''P. transasiaticus''
*** ''[[Promegantereon]]'' (Kretzoi, 1938)
**** ''P. ogygia'' (Kretzoi, 1938)
*** ''[[Rhizosmilodon]]'' (Wallace & Hulbert, 2013)
**** ''R. fiteae'' (Wallace & Hulbert, 2013)
** Fisi [[Homotherini]]:
*** ''[[Homotherium]]'' (Fabrini, 1890)
**** ''H. latidens'' (Owen, 1846)
**** ''H. serum'' (Cope, 1893)
**** ''H. ischyrus'' (Merriam, 1905)
**** ''H. venezuelensis'' (Rincón et al., 2011)
*** ''[[Amphimachairodus]]'' (Kretzoi, 1929)
**** ''A. giganteus'' (Kretzoi, 1929)
**** ''A. kurteni'' (Sotnikova, 1992)
**** ''A. coloradensis'' (Anton et al., 2013)
**** ''A. alvarezi'' (Ruiz-Ramoni et al., 2019)
*** ''[[Nimravides]]'' (Kitts, 1958)
**** ''N. catacopsis'' (Cope, 1887)
**** ''N. pedionomus'' (MacDonald, 1948)
**** ''N. thinobates'' (MacDonald, 1948)
**** ''N. hibbardi'' (Dalquest, 1969)
**** ''N. galiani'' (Baskin, 1981)
*** ''[[Xenosmilus]]'' (Martin et al., 2000)
**** ''X. hodsonae'' (Martin et al., 2000)
*** ''[[Lokotunjailurus]]'' (Werdelin, 2003)
**** ''L. emageritus'' (Werdelin, 2003)
**** ''L. fanonei'' (Bonis, Peigné, Mackaye, Likius, Vignaud & Brunet, 2010)
** Fisi [[Machairodontini]]:
*** ''[[Machairodus]]'' (Kaup, 1833)
**** ''M. aphanistus'' (Kaup, 1832)
**** ''M. horribilis'' (Schlosser, 1903)
**** ''M. robinsoni'' (Kurtén, 1975)
**** ''M. pseudaeluroides'' (Schmidt-Kittler 1976)
**** ''M. alberdiae'' (Ginsburg et al., 1981)
**** ''M. laskerevi'' (Sotnikova, 1992)
**** ''M. kabir'' (Peigné et al., 2005)
*** ''[[Hemimachairodus]]'' (Koenigswald, 1974)
**** ''H. zwierzyckii'' (Koenigswald, 1974)
*** ''[[Miomachairodus]]'' (Schmidt-Kittler 1976)
**** ''M. pseudaeluroides'' (Schmidt-Kittler 1976)

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