Question

Any five salient features of family felidae?

Answer 1

First of all let's see classification of family felidae.

Kingdom - Animalia

Phylum - Chordata

Class - Mammalia

Order - Carnivora

Sub order - Feliformia

Some features of family felidae :

• They are carnivores as they feed on living animals.

• Their body are muscular which makes them strong for hunting.

• Their forelimbs are strong and flexible to run faster during hunting and to hold prey.

• They have special type of teeth to shear meat. Such type of teeth are called Carnassial teeth.

• They are mammals and they give bith to young ones.

example : Tiger, Lion, Cat, Leopard, Jaguar etc...