Leopardus vorohuensis
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Leopardus |
Species: | †L. vorohuensis
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Binomial name | |
†Leopardus vorohuensis (Berta, 1983)
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Leopardus vorohuensis is an extinct species of feline. Fossils of the species were found in the of Argentina and dated to the Uquian age of the early middle Pleistocene.[1][2] It is the earliest known cat of the ocelot lineage of neotropical cats.[3]
Taxonomy[]
Leopardus vorohuensis was originally described in 1983 by paleontologist Annalisa Berta, who placed it as a member of the genus Felis.[1] It was later assigned to the genus Leopardus by the paleontologist John Alroy after a comparative study of various feline fossil species.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Berta, A. (1983). "A New Species of Small Cat (Felidae) from the Late Pliocene – Early Pleistocene (Uquian) of Argentina". Journal of Mammalogy. 64 (4): 720–725. doi:10.2307/1380541. JSTOR 1380541.
- ^ Leopardus vorohuensis at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Prevosti, F. (2006). "New material of Pleistocene cats (Carnivora, Felidae) from Southern South America, with comments on biogeography and the fossil record". Geobios. 39 (5): 679–694. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.01.004.
- ^ Alroy, J. (2007). Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth.
Categories:
- Leopardus
- Prehistoric felines
- Pliocene mammals of South America
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Uquian
- Neogene Argentina
- Pleistocene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 1983
- Feline stubs
- Prehistoric carnivoran stubs