#honestly my opinion onthe domestic cat is that it surely hybridized with all the wildcat species so much that it's all quite pointless

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Welcome everyone to the

Phylogenetic wild cat tournament!

Every species of the family Felidae will participate in this competition, first facing their closest sister species, then further and further relatives. Will this different set-up result in a different champion than my much honored predecessor's, @little-cat-showdown? I can't wait to see!

Here's our bracket professionally made by me in excel:

Weirdest looking weird bracket of all the time. I'm so proud

Every different color denotes a different genus. They will not have any significant effect on the tournament but I thought it'd be cool to show them.

The bracket is based on the phylogenetic tree on wikipedia, and there are some questionable points, like the placement of the domestic cat, which was declared a descendant of the african wild cat in some recent studies. However i'll stick to this one for the sake of simplicity (and maybe write a little about this topic under the respective polls).