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Paka

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(Elekezwa kutoka Felis)
Paka
Paka miguu-myeusi
Paka miguu-myeusi
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama)
Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Ngeli: Mammalia (Wanyama wenye viwele)
Oda: Carnivora (Wanyama mbua)
Nusuoda: Feliformia (Wanyama kama paka)
Familia: Felidae (Wanyama walio na mnasaba na paka)
Nusufamilia: Felinae (Wanyama wanaofanana na paka)
Fischer von Waldheim, 1817
Ngazi za chini

Jenasi 10:

Paka ni wanyama walao nyama wanaohusishwa na nusufamilia Felinae katika familia Felidae. Ndani ya kundi hili hupatikana spishi mbalimbali kama duma, simbamangu, mondo na wengineo. Wengi wao ni wadogo kama paka wa kufugwa majumbani, lakini wapo walio wakubwa zaidi kama duma, linksi na puma.[1]

Isipokuwa spishi kama simbamangu, Asian golden cat, puma na pengine paka-msitu, paka wengi wana alama za milia au madoa katika manyoya yao. Paka hukamata mawindo ya aina mbalimbali, na ukubwa wa mawindo hutegemea ukubwa wa spishi husika.[2][3]

Baadhi ya spishi za paka hupatikana katika misitu, ilhali nyingine hupatikana katika maeneo ya wazi kama savana na nyanda kame.[4][5][6]

Spishi za Afrika

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Spishi za mabara mengine

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  2. Werdelin, L.; Yamaguchi, N.; Johnson, W. E.; O'Brien, S. J. (2010). "Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae)". Katika Macdonald, D. W.; Loveridge, A. J. (whr.). Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ku. 59–82. ISBN 978-0-19-923445-5.
  3. Werdelin, L. (2013). [[[:Kigezo:Google Books]] "Subfamily Felinae − Cats"]. Katika Kingdon, J.; Happold, D.; Butynski, T.; Hoffmann, M.; Happold, M.; Kalina, J. (whr.). Mammals of Africa. Juz. la 5. London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing. ku. 144–210. ISBN 978-1-4081-2251-8. {{cite book}}: Check |chapter-url= value (help)
  4. Pocock, R. I. (1917). "VII.—On the external characters of the Felidæ". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 19 (109): 113−136. doi:10.1080/00222931709486916.
  5. Hast, M. H. (1989). "The larynx of roaring and non-roaring cats". Journal of Anatomy. 163: 117–121. PMC 1256521. PMID 2606766.
  6. Peters, G. (2002). "Purring and similar vocalizations in mammals". Mammal Review. 32 (4): 245−271. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2907.2002.00113.x.