Setswana and English Names of Felines/Cats [Sika loo Katse]

Setswana, English and Scientific names and pictures of various members of the cat family found in these parts of the world.
Remember, cats like tiger, jaguar, puma, etc which are not found in (Southern) Africa do not have actual Setswana names, hence their omission from this listing.
Tiger and jaguar would be referred to as nkwe [leopard], while a puma/cougar would probably be called thwane [caracal] in a sentence where it is very necessary to have translations for those words.

TSN: Tau ENG: Lion SCI: Panthera leo	By Kevin Pluck – Flickr: The King., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=755560
TSN: Nkwe ENG: Leopard SCI: Panthera pardus	By Patrick Giraud (edited to fix white balance) – Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3365151
TSN: Lengau/Letlotse ENG: Cheetah SCI: Acinonyx jubatus	https://wildkratts.fandom.com/wiki/Cheetah?file=Cheetah+2.0.PNG
TSN: Tadi ENG: Serval SCI: Leptailurus serval	http://picasaweb.google.com/105399691152412426721 Bob] |Date=2007-02-11
TSN: Thwane ENG: Caracal/African Lynx SCI: Caracal caracal	https://wildkratts.fandom.com/wiki/Caracal
TSN: Phage/Tibe ENG: African Wildcat SCI: Felis lybica	https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/natural-world/pitch-black-wild-cat-in-south-africas-kruger-park-may-be-a-bad-omen-for-its-species/ [Image © Leonemanuel]
TSN: Katse ENG: Domestic Cat SCI: Felis catus	“Josh”, chilling. Taken by M. Kgosi at Metsimotlhabe, BW

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