Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Parent taxon: Felinae according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
See also Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Acinonyx, Catopuma, Felini, Felis, Herpailurus, Leopardus, Leptailurus, Leptofelis, Lynx, Miopanthera, Miracinonyx, Neofelis, Otocolobus, Panthera, Pardofelis, Pratifelis, Prionailurus, Pristifelis, Puma, Sivapanthera, Styriofelis
Subtaxa: Caracal aurata Caracal caracal Caracal serval
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Kenya (5), South Africa (19), Swaziland (1), Tanzania (2), Turkey (2), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2)
Total: 36 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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