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Felidae

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Felidae [′fel·ə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
The cats and saber-toothed cats, a family of mammals in the superfamily Feloidea.
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Amongst mammals, we see it strikingly displayed in Bats, and in a lesser degree in the Felidae and Canidae.
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Strange friendships are often formed between the lower animals of different species, but less often between man and the savage felidae, because of the former's inherent fear of the great cats.
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