Sivapanthera

Sivapanthera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	†Sivapanthera; Kretzoi, 1929
Species
	S. potens Pilgrim, 1932; S. pleistocaenicus Zdansky, 1925; S. linxiaensis Qiu et al., 2004; S. brachygnathus Lydekker, 1884; S. padhriensis Ghaffar & Akhtar, 2004;
Synonyms
	Sivapanthera Sivafelis Pilgrim, 1932; S. potens Sivafelis potens; S. brachygnathus Sivafelis brachygnathus;

Sivapanthera is a prehistoric genus of felid described by Kretzoi in 1929.^[1] Species of Sivapanthera are closely related to the modern cheetah but differ from modern cheetahs by having relatively longer brain cases, flatter foreheads, narrower nostrils and larger teeth. In many ways, skulls of Sivapanthera show similarity to that of the puma, or even those of Panthera.^[2] Scholars differ on the validity of this genus, while some think that it should be treated as a distinct genus, others think that its members should be treated as members of the Acinonyx genus, or even as subspecies of Acinonyx pardinensis.^[3]

Two species were assigned to the genus in 2004:

Sivapanthera padhriensis from the Tertiary deposits in Pakistan's Sivalik Hills.^[4]
Sivapanthera linxiaensis from Early Pleistocene deposits in China's Dongxiang Autonomous County.^[5]

References[]

^ Kretzoi, M. (1929). "Materialien zur phylogenetischen Klassifikation der Ailuroïden". In Csiki, E. (ed.). Xe Congrès international de zoologie, tenu à Budapest du 4 au 10 septembre 1927. Volume 2. Budapest: Imprimerie Stephaneus. pp. 1293–1355.
^ Qiu, Z.; Deng, T.; Wang, B. (2004). "Early Pleistocene Mammalian fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China". Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 191: 1e198.
^ Qiu, Z.; Deng, T.; Wang, B. (2004). "Early Pleistocene Mammalian fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China". Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 191: 1e198.
^ Ghaffar, A.; Akhtar, M. (2004). "A New Addition to the Siwalik Carnivora from the Tertiary Rocks of Pakistan" (PDF). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 7 (3): 328–330.
^ Qiu, Z.; Deng, T.; Wang, B. (2004). "Early Pleistocene Mammalian fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China". Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 191: 1e198.

[1] Kretzoi, M. (1929). "Materialien zur phylogenetischen Klassifikation der Ailuroïden". In Csiki, E. (ed.). Xe Congrès international de zoologie, tenu à Budapest du 4 au 10 septembre 1927. Volume 2. Budapest: Imprimerie Stephaneus. pp. 1293–1355.

[2] Qiu, Z.; Deng, T.; Wang, B. (2004). "Early Pleistocene Mammalian fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China". Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 191: 1e198.

[3] Qiu, Z.; Deng, T.; Wang, B. (2004). "Early Pleistocene Mammalian fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China". Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 191: 1e198.

[4] Ghaffar, A.; Akhtar, M. (2004). "A New Addition to the Siwalik Carnivora from the Tertiary Rocks of Pakistan" (PDF). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 7 (3): 328–330.

[5] Qiu, Z.; Deng, T.; Wang, B. (2004). "Early Pleistocene Mammalian fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China". Acta Palaeontol. Sinica 191: 1e198.

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