Aeluroidea

Aeluroidea is an extant infraorder of feline-like carnivores that are, or were, endemic to North America, South America, Africa, and Asia. They appeared during the Oligocene about.

Taxonomy
Aeluroidea was named by William Henry Flower in 1869. It was assigned to Carnivora by Flower (1883) and Carroll (1988); and to Feliformia by Bryant (1991).