The margay is a small wild cat native to Central and South America. A solitary and nocturnal felid, it lives mainly in primary evergreen and deciduous forest.
Image: Margay in Costa Rica
Image: Margay distribution
A margay photographed in Turvo State Park, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Felidae is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid. The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to the domestic cat.
Felidae
Extended claws on a house cat
Lionesses grooming each other
Megantereon model at Natural History Museum of Basel