mountain catn.
/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈkat/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌkæt/ 1. Any of various wild cats inhabiting mountainous country; (North American) a puma, lynx, or bobcat. Cf. catamount n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > miscellaneous wild or big cats
ouncec1400
wild catc1400
catamountain?a1475
mountain cat1625
lion1630
tiger-cat1699
carcajou1760
kinkajou1760
serval1775
wood-cat1791
roof cat1872
clouded tiger1879
big cat1886
clouded leopard1910
mitlaa1925
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera pardus (leopard or panther)
pantherOE
pardOE
leoparda1290
catamountain?a1475
pardal1553
tiger1604
mountain cat1625
catamount1664
pardalis1687
black panther1789
guepard1882
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Felis > felis pardalis (ocelot)
catamountain?a1475
mountain cat1625
ocelot1774
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. v. 1727 Apes of that kinde which resemble Mountain-cats, which wee call monkeyes.
1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 118 Cat-a-Mount. The Mountain-Cat, so call'd, because he lives in the Mountainous Parts of America.
1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. Alphabet of Arms Keate..Ar. three mountain-cats passant in pale sa.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 213 Like mountain-cat who guards her young, Full at Fitz-James's throat he sprung.
1947 V. Tanner Outlines Geogr., Life & Customs Newfoundland-Labrador i. 422 The lynx or mountain cat..is found in the southern part of the peninsula in broken country.
1992 Sci. News 11 Jan. (back cover) (advt.) Great Cats is a book about all cats—from the well-known lion and tiger to the rare and elusive kodkod and Andean mountain cat.
2. U.S. The ring-tailed cat, Bassariscus astutus (family Procyonidae).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Procyonidae (raccoons) > [noun] > other types of raccoon
cacomistle1869
mountain cat1872
olingo1920
1872 R. G. McClellan Golden State 239 The wild cat and mountain cat..are found in the mountains and hill-sides of the State.
1917 Mammals Amer. 108 Ring-Tailed Cat... Other names.—Civet Cat,..Mountain Cat, [etc.].
1937 J. Grinnell et al. Fur-bearing Mammals Calif. 166 California Ring-tailed Cat... Other Names..Mountain Cat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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