Pseudaelurus

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Pseudaelurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Pseudaelurus

Pseudaelurus is a prehistoric cat that lived in Europe and North America approximately 20-10 million years ago. It is an ancestor of today's domestic and big cats and a successor to Proailurus.

Pseudaelurus was approximately the size of a cougar by the time it died out.

See also: Felidae.

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