Felidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, often 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 (Felis catus).

Felids species exhibit the most diverse fur pattern of all terrestrial carnivores. Cats have retractile claws, slender muscular bodies and strong flexible forlimbs. Their teeth and facial muscles allow for a powerful bite. They depend solely on animal flesh for all nutrition, and most are solitary predators ambushing or stalking their prey.

Wild cats occur in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. Some wild cat species are adapted to forest habitats, some to arid environments, and a few also to wetlands and mountainous terrain. Their activity patterns range from nocturnal and crepuscular to diurnal, which pattern depends on their preferred prey species.

Felidae Family has fifteen genus and 41 species.

The Florida panther is a North American cougar (puma concolor) which is endemic to south Florida, making it′s home in pine-lands, tropical hardwood hammocks and mixed freshwater swamp forests.

It is the only confirmed cougar population in the eastern United States, and currently occupies only five percent of its historic range. In the 1970s, an estimated 20 Florida panthers remained in the wild, but their numbers had increased to an estimated 230 by 2017. In 1982, the Florida panther was chosen as the Florida state animal.

The Florida panther is a large carnivore whose diet consists both of small animals, such as raccoons, armadillos, nutrias, hares, mice, and waterfowl, and larger prey such as storks, white-tailed deer, feral pigs, and small American alligators.

The Florida panther is an opportunistic hunter, and has been known to prey on livestock and domesticated animals, including cattle, goats, horses, pigs, sheep, chickens, dogs, and cats. When hunting, panthers shift their hunting environment based on where the prey base is located. Female panthers frequently shift both their home range and movement behavior due to their reproductive rates.