Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Parent taxon: Felinae according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
See also Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017, Carroll 1988, 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 (1), Italy (2), Kenya (1), South Africa (3), Spain (4), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of France (1), Italy (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (2)
Total: 33 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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