Felinoid

The term felinoid was descriptive term used to describe a species that evolved from feline origins, and retain cat-like physical traits as opposed to primates, who followed a primate evolutionary pattern, or insectoids, who were descended from insects. 
The Star Trek Concordance (1st edition, p. 158) defined the species as "a cat-type intelligent being. In the case of Lieutenant M'Ress, she walks on two legs like a humanoid, but has a distinctively feline face, ears, paws, and tail." Aside from the Caitians, the Concordance also liken the Kzinti and the Vedala as felinoids; likewise, the "Cat Woman" seen in would also fit this definition. 
The female miner that appeared in the first season episode was originally described, in an early final draft () of the script, as a "Felinoid" before being modified to become an Ursinoid. 
The Star Fleet Universe includes an additional race of felinoids known as the "Lyrans", a species distantly related to the Kzinti.
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