Niau-kho, La-teng-miâ Felidae, sī chi̍t lūi tōng-bu̍t, hun-lūi-siōng sī chi̍t kho, sio̍k tī chhī-leng tōng-bu̍t ē-kha ê Carnivora-ba̍k.
Chi̍t kho ê tōng-bu̍t sī Carnivora lāi-bīn tùi chia̍h-bah siāng te̍k-hoà ê chi̍t lūi. Hiān-chûn ê niau-kho ē-sái hun 2-ê a-kho: Pantherinae (pà-lūi, hâm hó͘, sai, bí-chiu-pà, kap hoe-pà) kap Felinae (niau-lūi, hâm bí-chiu-sai, la̍h-pà, serval, Lynx, Caracal, Ocelot, kap ka-niau).
Niau-kho chiàⁿ bah-si̍t ê tōng-bu̍t, su-iàu chia̍h bah seng-oa̍h. Tû-liâu sai í-gōa, iá-seng ê niau-kho it-poaⁿ sī to̍k-li̍p seng-oa̍h--ê. Iá-seng ê ka-niau, chóng-sī ū chiâⁿ kûn ê chêng-hêng.
Chi̍t hāng Warren E. Johnson kap Stephen J. O’Brien khah chòe-kīn ê ián-kiù, kun-kù 22,789 ê DNA iâm-ki-tùi, tùi niau-kho ê chhin-goân hē-thóng thê-kiong pí chìn-chêng koh khah khak-tēng ê kiat-kó. Ián-kiù ê sêng-kó chiong niau-kho hun chò 8-ê hun-chi (clade).[1]
Puma (Cougar)
Ka-niau sè-hē
Niau-kho, La-teng-miâ Felidae, sī chi̍t lūi tōng-bu̍t, hun-lūi-siōng sī chi̍t kho, sio̍k tī chhī-leng tōng-bu̍t ē-kha ê Carnivora-ba̍k.
Chi̍t kho ê tōng-bu̍t sī Carnivora lāi-bīn tùi chia̍h-bah siāng te̍k-hoà ê chi̍t lūi. Hiān-chûn ê niau-kho ē-sái hun 2-ê a-kho: Pantherinae (pà-lūi, hâm hó͘, sai, bí-chiu-pà, kap hoe-pà) kap Felinae (niau-lūi, hâm bí-chiu-sai, la̍h-pà, serval, Lynx, Caracal, Ocelot, kap ka-niau).
