Biology:Pratifelis martini
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | †Pratifelis Hibbard, 1934 |
| Species: | †P. martini
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| †Pratifelis martini Hibbard, 1934
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Pratifelis martini is an extinct feline species that lived in North America during the late Miocene period. A jawbone from the animal was discovered by H. T. Martin in Wallace County, Kansas in 1911, and paleontologist Claude W. Hibbard documented it as a new species.[1]
P. martini, a short-faced cat, was likely bigger than the modern cougar.[2]
References
- ↑ Hibbard, Claude W. (1934), "Two New Genera of Felidæ from the Middle Pliocene of Kansas", Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903–) (Kansas Academy of Science) 37: 239–255, April 26–28, 1934, doi:10.2307/3625308
- ↑ Lane, H. H. (1947), "Survey of the Fossil Vertebrates of Kansas: Part V: The Mammals (Continued)", Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903–) (Kansas Academy of Science) 50 (3/4): 273–314, December 1947, doi:10.2307/3625600
Wikidata ☰ Q3909942 entry
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