Felinae
| Felinae | |
|---|---|
| Clockwise, an ocelot, a European wildcat, a cougar and a cheetah | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 |
| Type genus | |
| Felis | |
| Genera | |
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See §Taxonomy | |
| Native ranges of Felinae | |
The Felinae or small cats are a subfamily of the Felidae distinguished by a bony hyoid, because of which they can purr but not roar. Other authors have proposed an alternative definition for this subfamily, as comprising only the living conical-toothed cat genera, with two tribes, the Felini and Pantherini, and excluding the extinct sabre-toothed Machairodontinae.