Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combination: Lynx rexroadensis
Full reference: J. J. Stephens. 1959. A new Pliocene cat from Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 44:41-46
Belongs to Felis according to L. Werdelin 1985
See also Bjork 1970, Hulbert 1992, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Martin 1980, Savage 1960, Seymour 1999 and Stephens 1959
Sister taxa: Felis antediluviana, Felis arundivaza, Felis bieti, Felis borealis, Felis catus, Felis chaus, Felis domesticus, Felis gombaszoegensis, Felis improcera, Felis lunensis, Felis lybica, Felis margarita, Felis maximus, Felis nigripes, Felis ocreata, Felis pardoides, Felis platensis, Felis prisca, Felis proplatensis, Felis propuma, Felis pumoides, Felis silvestris, Felis toscana, Felis youngi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (6: California, Idaho, Kansas, Texas collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Hemphillian of United States (5: Florida, Nebraska, Oklahoma)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.