Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats Genus Felis Linnaeus, 1758 - small cats, lynxes, and cougar Felis caracal Schreber, [1776] - caracal see Caracal caracal (Schreber, 1776)