mammal family - a family of mammals

Carnivora, order Carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia

felid, feline - any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals many with retractile claws

Felis, genus Felis - type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats

genus Lynx - lynxes

big cat, cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

genus Panthera, Panthera - lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers

Acinonyx, genus Acinonyx - cheetahs

genus Smiledon, Smiledon - saber-toothed tigers

genus Nimravus, Nimravus - false sabertoothed tigers