The Cheetah: Native American
- 14 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 205 (4411) , 1155-1158
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.205.4411.1155
Abstract
Two North American fossil species of large felids, hitherto regarded as Late Cenozoic pumas (mountain lion), are in fact closely related to the living cheetah, Acinonyx , of Africa and Eurasia. A new subgenus ( Miracinonyx ) is proposed for the American species. Cheetahs and pumas may have had a common ancestor in the Miocene of North America.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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