Biology:Puma lacustris
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Short description: Extinct species of felid
| Puma lacustris | |
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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: | Puma |
| Species: | †P. lacustris
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| †Puma lacustris C. Lewis Gazin, 1933 sensu K.L. Seymour, 1999
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Puma lacustris (also known as the lake cat) is an extinct species of Puma from the Blancan stage (from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene). The type specimen is a partial fragment piece of the right side of the mandible retaining canine and cheek-teeth found in the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument from Idaho. The holotype was described in 1933 by Gazin who considered a smaller relative of the cougar.[1] The taxonomic identity has been uncertain at times, as a relationship (and classification) to lynxes has been purposed.[2] Additional specimens of this species of Puma have been found elsewhere in North America, such as Washington, California , Arizona, Texas , and Baja California.[3]
References
- ↑ Gazin, C.L. (1933). "New felids from the upper Pliocene of Idaho.". Journal of Mammalogy 14 (3): 251–256. doi:10.2307/1373825. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1373825.
- ↑ Bjork, P.R. (1970). "The Carnivora of the Hagerman local fauna (late Pliocene) of southwestern Idaho.". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 60 (7): 3–54. doi:10.2307/1006119. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1006119.
- ↑ Bjorn, K.; Anderson, E. (1980). Pleistocene mammals of North America.. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 1–422. ISBN 9780231037334.
Wikidata ☰ Q112245916 entry
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