Family Felidae Gray 1821 (cat)
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Aeluroidea according to R. M. Hunt 1998
Sister taxa: Anictis, Asiavorator, Haplogale, Herpestidae, Herpestides, Hyaenidae, Nandinia, Palaeoprionodon, Proailurus, Shandgolictis, Stenogale, Stenoplesictis, Africanictis, Mioprionodon, Moghradictis
Subtaxa: Aeluropsis, Cynaelurus, Eofelis, Epimachairodus, Felinae, Machairodontinae, Mellivorodon, Propontosmilus, Pseudaelurus, Quercylurus, Sivaelurus, Sivafelis, Sivasmilus, Smilodontidion, Vinayakia, Viretailurus, Vishnufelis
Type: Felis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore