Species
Family Felidae
- Genus Panthera (roaring or great cats)
- Tiger, Panthera tigris Asia
- Lion, Panthera leo (Africa, Gir Forest in India; extinct in former range of southeast Europe, Middle East, much of Asia, and North America)
- Jaguar, Panthera onca (the Americas; from the Southern United States and Mexico to northern Argentina)
- Leopard, Panthera pardus (Asia and Africa)
- Genus Acinonyx
- Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus (Africa and Iran; extinct in former range of India)
- Genus Puma
- Cougar, Puma concolor (North and South America)
- Genus Uncia
- Snow Leopard, Uncia uncia (mountains of central and south Asia)
- Genus Neofelis
- Clouded Leopard, Neofelis nebulosa (southeast and south Asia)
- Sunda Clouded Leopard, Neofelis diardi (Borneo and Sumatra)
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