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A list of all [[Friends]] based on carnivorous mammals belonging to the family [[Wikipedia:Felidae|Felidae]], collectively known as '''felids''' or '''cats'''. There are only two extant subfamilies within Felidae:

* [[wikipedia:Felinae|Felinae]], which is composed of the smaller—but not necessarily small in size—cats which are able to purr, but not able to roar. This includes species as large as the '''cougar''', which has average weights as high as 72 kg (159 lb)<ref name=NoKJackPWildCats>Nowell, K. & Jackson, P. (1996). ''"Wild Cats. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan" ''(PDF). IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070807215533/http://carnivoractionplans1.free.fr/wildcats.pdf Archived] (PDF) from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved Jan. 22, 2026.</ref> and can grow much larger,<ref name=BigCougarsWow>Spalding, D. J. ''"Cougar in British Columbia".'' British Columbia Fish and Wildlife Branch. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110824110816/http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/cougar.htm Archived] from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved Jan. 22, 2026.</ref> and as small as the '''rusty-spotted cat''', which can be as small as 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).<ref name=littleblackfootedcat>Sunquist, M. & Sunquist, F. (2002). [https://archive.org/details/wildcatsofworld00sunq/page/237 ''"Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1834)"'']. Wild Cats of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 237–240. ISBN 0-226-77999-8.</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Pantherinae|Pantherinae]], which is composed of the large cats called '''panthers''' or '''big cats''', such as lions and tigers. Panthers are able to roar, but not able to purr in the same manner as Felinae.

Felidae also includes a large number of extinct subfamilies, such as [[wikipedia:Machairodontinae|Machairodontinae]], which is composed of the '''saber-toothed cats'''; this group includes famous genera such as '''''Smilodon''''' and '''''Homotherium'''''.
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