Of 15 votes cast so far, Lion — The only cat that lives and hunts in groups; a pride can bring down prey five times the weight of a single lion leads with 20%.
Clouded leopard — Has the longest canine teeth relative to skull size of any living cat, proportioned closer to an extinct saber-tooth than to a lion's is second on 20%, close enough that a handful of votes could still turn it around.
Votes have come in from 4 countries, most of them from China.
The most recent vote came in yesterday.