Puma incurva Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Puma |
Species: | †P. incurva
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Binomial name | |
†Puma incurva (Ewer, 1956)
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Synonyms | |
Panthera pardus incurva Ewer, 1956 |
Puma incurva is an extinct species in genus Puma. It was described based on fossils from the Early Pleistocene-aged Swartkrans site in South Africa.[1]
Puma incurva had previously been described in 1956 as an extinct subspecies of leopard under the name Panthera pardus incurva.[2] It was generally accepted under that name until a review of the material in 2023 noted that, while certain features of the fossils were unusual for a leopard, they were much more similar to members of the genus Puma, and reassigned the subspecies to that genus as a full genus.[1]
Puma incurva was a leopard-sized cat.[1]