Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Full reference: N. Spassov and D. Geraads. 2015. A New Felid from the Late Miocene of the Balkans and the Contents of the Genus Metailurus Zdansky, 1924 (Carnivora, Felidae). Journal of Mammalian Evolutino 22:45-56
Parent taxon: Metailurini according to Q. Jiangzou et al. 2022
See also Jiangzuo et al. 2022 and Spassov and Geraads 2015
Sister taxa: Adelphailurus, Metailurus, Pontosmilus, Stenailurus, Therailurus
Subtaxa: Yoshi faie Yoshi garevskii Yoshi minor Yoshi obscura Yoshi yongdengensis
Type: Yoshi garevskii
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of South Africa (2 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (2), Kenya (1), Macedonia (1)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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