The Felidae family contains 40 species of wildcat separated into 8 distinct lineages and provides one of the most interesting stories of evolution in the animal kingdom. The oldest split between all remaining extant species of cat occurred more than 10 million years ago when Pantherine containing the big five split from Felinae containing the rest of the felids. The Felinae family then continued to diverge until around 1-3 million years ago producing amount others, the Caracal, Ocelot, Lynx, Puma and Domestic Cat lineages. In this guide, we'll explore each split in the Felidae family and the lineages and species of wild cat these evolutionary divergences produced. Enjoy :) #cats #species #wildlife Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:51 Panthera Lineage (inc. The Big Five: Lions, Tigers & Jaguars) 07:06 Puma Lineage (inc. Cougar & Cheetah) 09:46 Lynx Lineage (inc. Eurasian Lynx & Bobcat) 13:19 Caracal Lineage (inc. African Golden Cat & Serval) 15:20 Bay Cat Lineage (inc. Asian Golden Cat & Marbled Cat) 16:31 Ocelot Lineage (inc. Oncilla & Margay) 20:40 Leopard Cat Lineage (inc. Pallas’s Cat & Leopard Cat) 24:15 Domestic Cat Lineage (inc. Chinese Desert Cat & European Wildcat) Media & Attribution All footage is used under licence from Storyblocks. The vast majority of the images are used under license from Shutterstock.com with a few from Pixabay & Unsplash used under their respective licences and a few from WikiCommons used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 and 3.0 licences or in the public domain. Below is a Google Doc containing each section with the photographers' name and a link to the licence if required. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BTAZ9RUjFaN1D_zrsinRb5WJgungqhCov-lvmULQuCg/editusp=sharing Music All of the music used in this video is available at Epidemic Sound. If you need music and would like to support the channel, please find a referral link below. https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/a9dpje/ Sources & Further Reading This video is based on an article written at textbooktravel.com, below is a link to this article and all of the sources that were used to create it. https://www.textbooktravel.com/cats/lineages-species-of-wild-cats/ Animal Diversity (Great website!) https://animaldiversity.org/ Encyclopedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/animal/feline Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felidae Leopards vs Jaguars https://www.panthera.org/blog/2019/06/11/wild-cats-101-jaguars-vs-leopards Caracal’s Ears https://wildcatconservation.org/amazing-ears-caracal/ African Golden Cat https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/africa/african-golden-cat/ Where to see Canada Lynx https://www.fillmypassport.com/find-can-help-canadian-lynx/