Paka

Paka ni wanyama walao nyama wanaohusishwa na nusufamilia Felinae katika familia Felidae. Ndani ya kundi hili hupatikana spishi mbalimbali kama duma, simbamangu, mondo na wengineo. Wengi wao ni wadogo kama paka wa kufugwa majumbani, lakini wapo walio wakubwa zaidi kama duma, linksi na puma.

Isipokuwa spishi kama simbamangu, Asian golden cat, puma na pengine paka-msitu, paka wengi wana alama za milia au madoa katika manyoya yao. Paka hukamata mawindo ya aina mbalimbali, na ukubwa wa mawindo hutegemea ukubwa wa spishi husika.

Baadhi ya spishi za paka hupatikana katika misitu, ilhali nyingine hupatikana katika maeneo ya wazi kama savana na nyanda kame.

 Spishi za Afrika 
 Acinonyx jubatus Duma (Cheetah)
 Caracal caracal Simbamangu (Caracal)
 Felis chaus (Jungle Cat)
 Felis c. nilotica, Paka-maji (Swamp Lynx)
 Felis margarita, Paka-mchanga (Sand Cat)
 Felis nigripes, Paka Miguu-myeusi (Black-footed Cat)
 Felis silvestris, Paka-pori (Wild Cat)
 Felis s. cafra, Kimburu au Paka-pori wa Afrika (Eastern and Southern African Wild Cat)
 Felis s. catus, Paka-kaya (Domestic Cat) – pia Felis catus
 Felis s. lybica, Paka-jangwa (North African Wild Cat)
 Leptailurus serval, Mondo au Kisongo (Serval)
 Profelis aurata, Paka Dhahabu au Paka-msitu (African Golden Cat)

 Spishi za mabara mengine 
 Felis chaus, Paka-mwitu (Jungle Cat)
 Felis manul, Paka wa Pallas (Pallas' Cat)
 Felis silvestris, Paka-pori (Wild Cat)
 Felis s. bieti, Paka-pori wa Uchina (Chinese Mountain Cat)
 Felis s. ornata Paka-pori wa Asia (Asiatic Wild Cat)
 Felis s. silvestris Paka-pori wa Ulaya (European Wild Cat)
 Leopardus braccatus, Paka wa Pantanal (Pantanal Cat)
 Leopardus colocolo, Kolokolo (Colocolo)
 Leopardus geoffroyi, Paka wa Geoffroy (Geoffroy's Cat)
 Leopardus guigna, Kodikodi (Kodkod)
 Leopardus guttulus, Onisila (Oncilla)
 Leopardus jacobitus, Paka wa Milima Andes (Andean Mountain Cat)
 Leopardus pajeros, Paka wa Pampas (Pampas Cat)
 Leopardus pardalis, Oseloti (Ocelot)
 Leopardus tigrinus, Tigrina (Tigrina)
 Leopardus wiedii, Marakaya (Margay)
 Lynx canadensis, Linksi wa Kanada (Canadian Lynx)
 Lynx lynx, Linksi wa Ulaya (Eurasian Lynx)
 Lynx pardinus, Linksi wa Hispania (Iberian Lynx)
 Lynx rufus, Linksi-nyika (Bobcat)
 Pardofelis badia, Paka wa Borneo (Bay Cat)
 Pardofelis marmorata, Paka-madoa (Marbled Cat)
 Pardofelis temminckii, Paka-msitu wa Asia (Asian Golden Cat)
 Prionailurus bengalensis, Paka-chui (Leopard Cat)
 Prionailurus iriomotensis, Paka wa Iriomote (Iriomote Cat)
 Prionailurus planiceps, Paka Kichwa-kipana (Flat-headed Cat)
 Prionailurus rubiginosus, Paka madoa-mekundu (Rusty-spotted Cat)
 Prionailurus viverrinus, Paka-mvuvi (Fishing Cat)
 Puma concolor, Simba-milima (Puma)
 Puma yagouaroundi, Jaguarundi (Jaguarundi)

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