Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Parent taxon: Felinae according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
See also Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017, Carroll 1988, Dehm 1962, Geraads 1997, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Caracal, Catopuma, Felini, Felis, Herpailurus, Leopardus, Leptailurus, Leptofelis, Lynx, Magerifelis, Miopanthera, Miracinonyx, Neofelis, Otocolobus, Panthera, Pardofelis, Pratifelis, Prionailurus, Pristifelis, Puma, Sivapanthera, Styriofelis
Subtaxa: Acinonyx aicha Acinonyx jubatus Acinonyx pardinensis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), China (1), France (4), Georgia (2), Germany (2), Italy (2), Kenya (1), South Africa (3), Spain (4), Tanzania (1)
• Villafranchian of Italy (1)
• MN 16 of France (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (2)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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