Okay I must address the term Neko which quite literally
means simply cat, 
"Nekojin" means cat-people. ("Neko" is Japanese for "cat", and "jin" is a suffix that indicates an identifiable group of people.) The term is mostly used for women (who are occasionally referred to as "koneko", literally "kitten"). "Nekomimi" translates as "cat's ears"; occasionally, normal girls are shown with nekomimi.
As Otaku I use Nekojin when referring to the type you named off
If I am referencing mythology then I use Hengeyokai, from the Japanese for "changing phantom" and Neko to describe the clan though I have played as Tora (Tiger) and Hyo (Leopard) Hengeyokai before

Sorry if that comes across the wrong way but I like to use terminology correctly