Biology:Panthera uncia pyrenaica

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Short description: Extinct subspecies of felid

Panthera uncia pyrenaica
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species:
Subspecies:
P. u. pyrenaica
Trinomial name
Panthera uncia pyrenaica
Hemmer, 2022
Synonyms

Panthera pardus tautavelensis Testu et al. 2010

Panthera uncia pyrenaica, also known as the Arago snow leopard or as the European snow leopard, is a subspecies of snow leopard that lived during the Middle Pleistocene in southern France .[1]

It was originally interpreted as a leopard fossil, and given the name Panthera pardus tautavelensis in the Program/Guide book for 16th International Cave Bear and Lion Symposium; however, this name, since it was not formally published in a scientific journal, is considered a nomen nudum.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hemmer, H. (2023). "An intriguing find of an early Middle Pleistocene European snow leopard, Panthera uncia pyrenaica ssp. nov. (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae), from the Arago cave (Tautavel, Pyrénées-Orientales, France)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 103: 207–220. doi:10.1007/s12549-021-00514-y. 
  2. Testu, A.; Moigne, A.-M.; Lumley, H. de (2010). "La panthère Panthera pardus tautavelensis nov. ssp. des niveaux inférieurs de la caune de l'Arago à Tautavel (Pyrenées-Orientales, France) dans le contexte des Felidae (Felinae, Pantherinae) de taille moyenne du Pléistocène européen" (in French). 16th International Cave Bear and Lion Symposium, Azé (Saône-et-Loire, France, September 22nd-26th, 2010 Program/Guide book of excursions: 64. 

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