| Pratifelis martini Temporal range: late Miocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Pratifelis |
| Species: | P. martini |
Pratifelis martini is an extinct feline species that lived in North America during the late Miocene period. A jawbone from the animal was first discovered by H. T. Martin in Wallace County, Kansas, in 1911, and paleontologist Claude W. Hibbard documented it as a new species.[1]
P. martini, a short-faced cat, was likely bigger than the modern cougar.[2]