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Pseudaelurus is a prehistoric
cat that lived in
Europe and
North America in the
Miocene approximately 20-8 million years ago. It is an ancestor of today's
felines and
pantherines as well as the extinct
machairodont saber-tooths, and is a successor to
Proailurus. The slender proportions of the animal, together with its short,
viverrid-like legs, suggest that it may have been an agile climber of trees.
The first and most primitive species
Pseudaelurus turnauensis from the early Miocene was about the size of a domestic cat and evolved probably direct from the oligocene
Proailurus.
Pseudaelurus turnauensis gave rise to additional species.
Pseudaelurus lorteti was lynx-sized and the even larger
Pseudaelurus quadridentatus weighed about 30 kg and was approximately the size of a
cougar. The latter showed a trend towards slightly enlarged upper canines, indicating that it gave rise to the later saber-toothed
machairodontines. Surprisingly, the early
Pseudaelurus turnauensis survived until 8 million years, at which time it's recorded in Germany, whereas the more evolved
Pseudaelurus lorteti and
Pseudaelurus quadridentatus died out 2 million years earlier.
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