Felids

Globally, many felids members of the cat family are categorized as vulnerable or endangered. ❋ Chris Genovali (2011)

Diard's clouded leopard appears more derived with respects to saber-toothed craniodental features than the clouded leopard, indicating that the former may have gone farther than the latter in convergently evolving craniomandibular features traditionally considered characteristic of primitive saber-toothed felids. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Neofelis deviates from other large felids in many aspects of craniodental morphology, and most likely also in several behavioral aspects. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The differences far exceed those that have been documented for subspecies within other pantherine felids, and are congruent with a separate species, to which the name Sundaland clouded leopard, Neofelis diardi, has been given, although the name Diard's cat has priority based on historical precedence. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Exhaustive sample set among Viverridae reveals the sister-group of felids: the linsangs as a case of extreme morphological convergence within Feliformia. ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

But under communism, the Siberian tiger flourished: closed borders and tight control over guns and contact with foreigners deterred traders, and conservation laws and a ban on hunting protected the felids. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Recent modelling work on population viability in large Pleistocene carnivorans (O'Regan et al. 2002) has shown that even glacial refugia the size of the Iberian and Italian peninsulas were not big enough for large felids to survive in when these populations became isolated, as they apparently did during the Pleistocene glaciations (though see previous blog, and I have more on this subject to add soon). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Before I continue I should add that Britain only has, officially, two native felids: Scottish wildcats F. silvestris and Kellas cats. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

On to the ABC evidence itself, firstly, there are hairs, tracks and droppings that have been conclusively identified by experts as having come from non-native felids. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Multiple specimens are now known from the UK, and they show that several species of exotic felids are (at least at times) abroad in the British countryside. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Two live exotic felids have been captured in Britain: a puma called Felicity, and a lynx called Lara. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

-- As is well known, intergeneric hybrids have been widely reported among felids. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Small canids and felids CAN come in handy for demonstrating a Christian worldview apparently... ❋ Christopher O'Brien (2007)

Why shouldn't the felids dominate the world of beasts? ❋ Tanita Davis (2007)

Among the mammals are six primates and five felids. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We write of the _agarics_, the _felids_, the _carnivores_, etc. ❋ Unknown (1900)