The baraminology of living cats has been investigated using recently described quantitative methods. A variety of characters including ecological, morphological, chromosomal, and molecular data were used to characterize 17 cat species, the spotted hyaena, and the meerkat. Application of phenetic and cladistic clustering algorithms defined three subgroups of cats, which are: the genera Panthera plus Neofelis, Acionyx plus Puma, and Felis plus allied genera. Quantitative analyses suggested that the three cat subgroups each form a monobaramin. Hybridization records suggesting a potential for gene flow between two of the monobaramins, plus extensive phenetic overlap between all three of the monobaramins suggested all felids could be lumped into a single monobaramin. Statistically significant gaps between the cat and outgroup taxa suggested these species were apobaraminic. Monobaraminic continuity within the cats and apobaraminic discontinuity between the cat and outgroup taxa leads to the hypothesis of a single Felid holobaramin.