Proailurus
Sign in to saveProailurus is an extinct felid genus that lived in Europe and Asia approximately 25–30.8 million years ago in the Late Oligocene and Miocene. Fossils have been found in Mongolia, Germany, and Spain.
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Proailurus is an extinct felid genus that lived in Europe and Asia approximately 25–30.8 million years ago in the Late Oligocene and Miocene. Fossils have been found in Mongolia, Germany, and Spain.
==Etymology== The generic name Proailurus comes from the Greek , meaning 'before', and , meaning 'cat'. The specific name of P. bourbonnensis simply means "from the Bourbonnais".
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