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As well as the pure networking side of the event, an extensive schedule of panels, round tables and talks from industry legends will offer exclusive insights into their felids.—Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Many species of local wildlife are within the canid and felid family groups.—Julia Wuerz, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024 The researchers first estimated just how much meat and fat would have been left on a typical carcass left behind by two species of big cats, and how often the felids would hunt.—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023 Canids, like dogs and wolves, seem to be more resistant to its ill effects than felids, like cougars (also called mountain lions and pumas), bobcats, and Canada lynx.—National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2020 Even though the study has implications for larger, famous felids, the inspiration for the research came from a smaller cat.—Riley Black, Smithsonian, 18 Dec. 2019 It is known that the bi-articular muscles of the felid play an important role in the locomotion.—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2015 New sequences were generated for 39 single-copy regions of the felid Y chromosome, as well as four mitochondrial and four autosomal gene segments, totaling 28.7 kb.—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2010
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Felidae, family name, from Felis, genus of cats, from Latin, cat
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