Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians |
| subdivisio | Deuterostomia - deuterostomes |
| phylum | Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates |
| subphylum | Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates |
| infraphylum | Gnathostomata Zittel, 1879 - jawed vertebrates |
| superclassis | Tetrapoda Gaffney, 1979 - four-limbed vertebrates |
| class | Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals |
| subclass | Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 |
| infraclass | Eutheria Thomas Henry Huxley, 1880 |
| order | Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores |
| suborder | Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945 - cat-like carnivores |
| superfamily | Feloidea |
| family | Felidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - cats |
| subfamily | Machairodontinae Gill, 1872 - sabre-toothed cats † |
| tribus | Metailurini Turner & Antón, 1997 † |
| genus | Metailurus Zdansky, 1924 † |
| species | Metailurus major Zdansky, 1924 † |
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