User:SilverTiger12
An editor with an interest in carnivorans in general and felids in particular. Primarily active over on en.wikipedia.
Felidae[edit]
- Family: Felidae
More or less personal, haphazard notes on the taxonomy of [mostly fossil] Felidae. This does not necessarily follow researcher consensus and may include my own thoughts on matters.
Proailurinae[edit]
- Subfamily: †Proailurinae
- Genus: †Proailurus
- Genus: †Pseudaelurus [syn. Styriofelis, Miopanthera, Schizailurus]
- Genus: †Hyperailurictis
- †Hyperailurictis intrepidus [syn. Felis intrepidus, Pseudaelurus intrepidus]
- †Hyperailurictis marshi [syn. Pseudaelurus marshi, Pseuaelurus aeluroides]
- †Hyperailurictis skinneri
- †Hyperailurictis stouti [syn. Lynx stouti, Pseudaelurus stouti]
- †Hyperailurictis validus
- Genus: †Styriofelis [syn. Schizailurus]
- †Styriofelis turnauensis [syn. Pseudaelurus turnauensis, Pseudaelurus transitorius]
- †Styriofelis romieviensis [syn. Pseudaelurus romieviensis]
- Genus: †Leptofelis
- †Leptofelis vallesiensis [syn. Styriofelis vallesiansis]
- Genus: †Miopanthera
- †Miopanthera lorteti [syn. Pseudaelurus lorteti, Styriofelis lorteti]
- †Miopanthera pamiri [syn. Felis pamiri]
- More recent studies have proposed moving M. lorteti to Sivaelurus, and grouping M. pamiri with Panthera blytheae in a new genus †Palaeopanthera, effectively emptying Miopanthera.
Machairodontinae[edit]
- Tribe: †Metailurini
- Genus: †Metailurus
- †Metailurus major
- †Metailurus mongonliensis
- †Metailurus boodon
- †Metailurus ultimus [= Metailurus major?] (Li 2014)
- †Metailurus hengduanshanensis (Zong et al, 1996)
- Genus: †Dinofelis [syn. Therailurus]
- †Dinofelis barlowi [syn. Therailurus barlowi]
- †Dinofelis piveteaui [syn. Therailurus piveteaui]
- †Dinofelis cristata [syn. Dinofelis abeli]
- †Dinofelis diastemata [syn. Therailurus diatemata]
- †Dinofelis petteri
- †Dinofelis aronoki
- †Dinofelis darti
- †Dinofelis palaeoonca [sometimes called Dinofelis paleoonca]
- †Dinofelis werdelini
- Genus: †Adelphailurus
- Genus: †Stenailurus
- Genus: †Yoshi
- †Yoshi minor [syn. Metailurus minor, Parapseudailurus minor Metailurus parvulus,, Pikermia parvula, Machairodus parvulus - note all parvulus variant are nomen dubium, not proper synonyms]
- †Yoshi garevskii
- †Yoshi faie
- †Yoshi yongdengensis
- †Yoshi obscura [syn. Felis obscura, Metailurus obscura, Megantereon obscura]
- Genus: †Fortunictis
- †Fortunictis acerensis Pons-Moya 1987
- Genus: †Metailurus
- Tribe: †Smilodontini
- Genus: †Smilodon
- †Smilodon populator
- †Smilodon fatalis
- †Smilodon gracilis [syn. Uncia mercerii]
- Genus: †Rhizosmilodon
- Genus: †Megantereon
- †Megantereon adroveri
- †Megantereon cultridens [syn. Megantereon megantereon, Megantereon macroscelis] (type species)
- †Megantereon ekidoit
- †Megantereon falconeri [syn. Drepanodon sivalensis, Megantereon lantianensis, Megantereon nihowanensis, Megantereon inexpectatus] - this species is rather contentious, and has been suggested that Megantereon nihowanensis is also a valid species (with syn. Megantereon lantianensis, Megantereon inexpectatus); another paper ignored it altogether and considered Megantereon inexpectatus (with syn. Megantereon lantianensis), Megantereon nihowanensis, and Megantereon megantereon (with syn. Megantereon microta) as valid.
- †Megantereon hesperus
- †Megantereon microta [= Megantereon megantereon?]
- †Megantereon vakshensis? [also spelled Megantereon vakhshensis]
- †Megantereon whitei [syn. Megantereon gracile, Megantereon eurynodon]
- Genus: †Promegantereon
- †Promegantereon ogygia [syn. Pontosmilus ogygius] (type species)
- Genus: †Paramachairodus
- †Paramachairodus orientalis [syn. Pontosmilus/Machairodus hungaricus, Pontosmilus/Machairodus schlosseri] (Paramachairodus schlosseri has been proposed to be split out)
- †Paramachairodus maximiliani
- †Paramachairodus transasiaticus
- †Paramachairodus yingliangi
- Genus: †Smilodon
- Tribe: Homotherini/Machairodontini
- Genus: †Homotherium
- †Homotherium latidens [syn. Homotherium crenatidens, Homotherium nestianum, Homotherium sainzelli, Homotherium nihowanensis, Homotherium ultimum[/ultimus?]] (type species)
- †Homotherium serum
- †Homotherium venezuelensis [= Xenosmilus venezuelensis?]
- †Homotherium ischyrus [= Ischyrosmilus ischyrus?]
- †Homotherium hadarensis
- †Homotherium ethiopicum
- Some obscure ones:
- †Homotherium davitasvili aka Homotherium davitasvilii Vekua 1972, Agusti et al 2009
- †Homotherium problematicus Collings 1972
- †Homotherium moravicum Sardella 1994?
- †Homotherium johnstoni Martin et al 2011
- †Homotherium idahoensis [syn. of Homotherium ischyrus?]
- †Homotherium crusafonti [syn. of Homotherium ischyrus?]
- †Homotherium palaeindicus [syn. Megantereon palaeindicus]
- Genus: †Lokotunjailurus
- †Lokotunjailurus chinsamyae
- †Lokotunjailurus emageritus (type species)
- †Lokotunjailurus fanonei
- Genus: †Nimravides - this genus is likely misplaced, as it seems to form a separate lineage from Machairodontinae, descending from Hyperailurictis rather than Pseudaelurus.
- Genus: †Xenosmilus
- †Xenosmilus hodsonae (type species)
- Genus: †Amphimachairodus
- †Amphimachairodus alvarezi
- †Amphimachairodus coloradensis [syn. Machairodus coloradensis]
- †Amphimachairodus copei?
- †Amphimachairodus giganteus [syn. Machairodus palanderi, Machairodus tingii] (type species)
- †Amphimachairodus hezhengensis Qigao et al 2023
- †Amphimachairodus kabir [= Adeilosmilus kabir?]
- †Amphimachairodus kurteni
- †Amphimachairodus tanneri
- †Amphimachairodus taracliensis?
- Genus: †Taowu
- †Taowu liui (type species)
- Genus: †Machairodus
- †Machairodus africanus [= Megantereon africanus?]
- †Machairodus alberdiae
- †Machairodus aphanistus (type species)
- †Machairdous irtychensis
- †Machairodus ischimicus
- †Machairodus lahayishupup
- †Machairodus oradensis
- †Machairodus robinsoni
- Genus: †Longchuansmilus
- †Longchuansmilus xingyongi (type species)
- Tribe: Machairodontini [per Wikipedia, more of incertae sedis really] - this pair really needs a review to figure out where they fit into the felid family tree.
- Genus: †Miomachairodus
- †Hemimachairodus
- †Hemimachairodus zwierzyckii [syn. Epimachairodus zwierzyckii]
- Genus: †Homotherium
I should like to propose a new subfamily Amerifelinae for the New World genera Hyperailurictis and Nimravides (further research to see if other New World genera should be included)
Pantherinae[edit]
- Pantherinae
- Genus: Panthera
- Panthera tigris - despite a major proposal to merge all extant & three of the extinct subspecies into only two subspecies, this proposal has been roundly ignored by researchers.
- Panthera tigris tigris
- Panthera tigris altaica
- Panthera tigris amoyensis
- Panthera tigris corbetti
- Panthera tigris jacksoni
- †Panthera tigris virgata
- Panthera tigris sumatrae
- †Panthera tigris sondaica
- †Panthera tigris balica
- †Panthera tigris acutidens [syn. Felis acutidens]
- †Panthera tigris soloensis [syn. Feliopsis palaeojavanica]
- †Panthera tigris trinilensis
- Panthera leo
- Panthera leo ...
- Panthera pardus
- Panthera pardus pardus
- Panthera pardus fusca
- Panthera pardus melas
- Panthera pardus nimr
- Panthera pardus tulliana [syn. Panthera pardus ciscaucasica, Panthera pardus saxicolor]
- Panthera pardus orientalis [syn. Panthera pardus japonensis]
- Panthera pardus delacouri
- Panthera pardus kotiya
- †Panthera pardus adersi
- Panthera onca - monotypic
- Panthera uncia [syn. Uncia uncia]
- Panthera uncia uncia
- Panthera uncia irbis [syn. Panthera uncia baikalensis-romanii]
- Panthera uncia uncioides [syn. Panthera uncia schneideri]
- †Panthera uncia pyrenaica [syn. Panthera pardus tautavelensis]
- †Panthera atrox
- †Panthera gombaszoegensis [syn. Panthera toscana, Panthera schreuderi, Jansofelis vaufreyi]
- †Panthera spelaea
- †Panthera youngi
- †Panthera blytheae
- †Panthera palaeosinensis
- †Panthera zdanskyi
- †Panthera shawi
- †Panthera crassidens - a mix-up of leopard & cheetah fossils. Invalid.
- †Panthera balamoides - possibly invalid.
- †Panthera dhokpathanensis Bakr 1986
- †Panthera principialis
- †Panthera fossilis [syn. Panthera leo fossilis]
- Panthera tigris - despite a major proposal to merge all extant & three of the extinct subspecies into only two subspecies, this proposal has been roundly ignored by researchers.
- Genus: Neofelis
- Genus: †Leontoceryx?
- †Leontoceryx bessarabiae (auth. Kretzoi 1938. Only fossil is a lower canine tooth that is purportedly similar to Machairodus schlosseri, aka Paramachairodus orientalis)
- Genus: †Schaubia?
- Genus: †Pachypanthera
- Genus: Panthera
Felinae[edit]
Many of the fossil species need further investigation.
- Subfamily: Felinae
- Genus: †Abelia Kretzoi 1938
- †Abelia pentelica [syn. Dromopanthera leiodon, Felis leiodon] Kretzoi 1938
- †Abelia pontopersica
- Genus: Caracal
- Caracal caracal
- Caracal aurata [syn Profelis aurata]
- †Caracal depereti [= Lynx issiodorensis??]
- Genus: †Dolichofelis?
- †Dolichofelis gracilis (auth. Kretzoi 1929)
- †Dolichofelis gallica [syn. Felis leptorhina, Felis leptorhyncha] Kretzoi 1930
- Genus: Felis
- Felis catus - monotypic
- Felis margarita
- Felis chaus
- Felis bieti - monotypic
- Felis nigripes - monotypic
- Felis silvestris
- Felis lybica
- Felis reyi, currently officially a synonym of Felis catus but recently declared to not be, but without officially being re-named. A mess. [syn. Felis lybica reyi]
- †Felis lunensis
- †Felis bituminosa Merriam & Stock [= Puma concolor?]
- †Felis hawveri Stock
- †Felis daggetti Merriam [= Puma concolor?]
- †Felis maniculus
- †Felis wenzensis (Stach, 1961)
- †Felis antediluvia
- †Felis vireti Crusafont 1955
- †Felis tielhardi Pei 1934
- †Felis peii Tielhard & Leroy 1945
- †Felis christoli Gervais 1852 [also spelled Felis christolii]
- †Felis platensis Ameghino 1889
- †Felis propuma Ameghino 1904
- †Felis proplatensis Ameghino 1904
- †Felis calcaratus [= Lynx rufus?]
- †Felis longifrons Burmeister 1866, Pomi & Prevosti 2005 = Panthera onca? VS DE 2018
- †Felis subhimalayana Bronn 1848 (Lydekker, 1884; Matthew, 1929; Pilgrim, 1932; Colbert, 1935; Nanda, 2008, Jiangzuo 2020, J van der Made 2009)
- Genus: Pristifelis
- †Pristifelis attica [syn. Felis attica]
- Genus: Lynx
- Lynx lynx
- Lynx pardinus - monotypic
- Lynx canadensis - monotypic
- Lynx rufus
- †Lynx issiodorensis [syn. Lynx shansius]
- †Lynx thomasi
- †Lynx brevirostris?
- †Lynx hei
- †Lynx rexroadensis [syn. Felis rexroadensis]
- †Lynx longignathus [syn. Felis longignathus]
- †Lynx proterolyncis [syn. Felis proterolyncis] [=Pristifelis proterolyncis?]
- Genus: Leopardus
- Leopardus colocolo - recently split into five, additional four shown below:
- Leopardus braccatus
- Leopardus garleppi
- Leopardus fasciatus [syn. Leopardus munoai]
- Leopardus pajeros
- Leopardus pardalis
- Leopardus guigna
- Leopardus geoffroyi - monotypic
- Leopardus jacobita - monotypic
- Leopardus wiedii
- Leopardus tigrinus
- Leopardus emiliae
- Leopardus guttulus - monotypic
- †Leopardus vorohuensis
- †Leopardus amnicola [= Leopardus weidii?]
- Leopardus colocolo - recently split into five, additional four shown below:
- Genus Leptailurus
- Genus: †Magerifelis
- Genus: †Miracinonyx
- †Miracinonyx inexpectatus
- †Miracinonyx trumani [syn. Miracinonyx studeri]
- Genus: Otocolobus
- Otocolobus manul [syn. Prionailurus manul]
- Otocolobus manul manul [syn. Felis manul manul, Felis manul ferruginea, Otocolobus manul ferrugineus]
- Otocolobus manul nigripectus [syn. Felis nigripectus]
- Otocolobus manul [syn. Prionailurus manul]
- Genus: Pardofelis
- Pardofelis marmorata
- Pardofelis badia [syn. Catopuma badia, Felis badia, Badiofelis badia] - monotypic
- Pardofelis temminckii [syn. Catopuma temminckii, Felis temminckii, Felis moormensis, Felis tristis]
- Genus: Prionailurus
- Prionailurus viverrinus [syn. Felis viverrina, Felis leucojalamus, Felis leucopalmis]
- Prionailurus planiceps [syn. Felis strepsilura] - monotypic
- Prionailurus rubiginosus
- Prionailurus bengalensis
- Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis
- Prionailurus bengalensis euptilura
- Prionailurus bengalensis alleni
- Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis [syn. Prionailurus iriomotensis, Mayailurus iriomotensis]
- Prionailurus javanensis?
- Genus: Puma
- Puma concolor
- Puma yagouaroundi [syn. Herpailurus yagouaroundi, Felis yagouaroundi, Felis eyra, Felis unicolor, Felis cacomitli, Felis fossata, Felis apache, Felis panamensis] - monotypic
- †Puma pardoides [syn. Felis pardoides, Viretailurus schaubi, Panthera schaubi]
- †Puma pumoides
- †Puma lacustris [syn. Felis lacustris, Lynx lacustris]
- †Puma incurva
- Genus: †Sivaelurus
- Genus: †Sivapardus
- Genus: †Vishnufelis Pilgrim 1932
- Genus: †Abelia Kretzoi 1938
The cheetah group[edit]
- Genus: Acinonyx [syn. Cynaelurus, Cynailurus]
- Acinonyx jubatus [syn. many]
- Acinonyx jubatus jubatus [syn. Acinonyx jubatus raineyi, Felis guttata, Felis fearonii, Felis lanea, Acinonyx jubatus obergi, Acinonyx jubatus ngorongorensis, Acinonyx jubatus velox, Acinonyx rex]
- Acinonyx jubatus venaticus [syn. Felis venatica, Acinonyx raddei]
- Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii [syn. Felis megabalica, Cynailurus soemmeringii, Acinonyx jubatus megabalica, Acinonyx wagneri, Acinonyx jubatus wagneri]
- Acinonyx jubatus hecki [syn. Felis jubata senegalensis, Acinonyx jubatus senegalensis, Acinonyx hecki]
- †Acinonyx pardinensis [syn. Acinonyx intermedius, Felis avernesis?]
- †Acinonyx aicha [= Acinonyx pardinensis?]
- †Acinonyx parchidinensis??
- Acinonyx jubatus [syn. many]
- Genus: †Sivapanthera [syn. Sivafelis, Abacinonyx]
- †Sivapanthera brachygnathus [syn. Sivafelis brachygnathus, Felis ?Cynaelurus brachygnatha, Felis brachygnatha, Acinonyx brachygnathus, Sivapanthera lydekkeri, Abacinonyx brachygnathus, Cynaelurus brachygnathus]
- †Sivapanthera pleistocaenicus [syn. Cynailurus pleistocaenicus, Sivafelis pleistocaenicus, Acinonyx pleistocaenicus, Abacinonyx pleistocaenicus; sometimes spelled pleistoceanica] [= Sivapanthera brachygnathus?]
- †Sivapanthera potens [syn. Sivafelis potens] [=Sivapanthera brachygnathus?]
- †Sivapanthera linxiaensis
- †Sivapanthera padhreinsis - published in a predatory journal, never acknowledged by other authors.
- Genus: Acinonyx [syn. Cynaelurus, Cynailurus]
Incertae sedis[edit]
A hodge-podge collection of genera & species.
- Genus: †Tchadailurus - likely in Subfamily Machairodontinae, but which tribe?
- †Tchadailurus adei [=Yoshi adei? per Jiagnzuo 2023]
- Genus: †Vinayakia
- †Vinayaki intermedia
- †Vinayaki nocturna
- †Vinayaki sarcophaga? Pilgrim 1932
- Genus: †Parapseudailurus Kretzoi 1938
- †Parapseudailurus osborni Kretzoi
- †Parapseudailurus khomenkoi [from "Machairodus parvulus" Khomenko aus Taraklia - presumably reassigning material from the established genus to a new species?]
These next five are all small, early felids mentioned in passing to share some similar characteristics. Perhaps a subfamily or tribe of their own?
- Genus: †Pratifelis
- Genus: †Diamantofelis
- Genus: †Namafelis
- †Namafelis minor [syn. Diamantofelis minor]
- Genus: †Asilifelis
- Genus: †Katifelis
Barbourofelidae[edit]
Some further notes on a small family of feliform carnivorans, all of which are extinct. It has variously been declared a sister-family to Felidae, or a subfamily [Barbourofelinae] of the older Nimravidae.
- [Sub?]Family: †Barbourofelidae
- Tribe: †Afrosmilini
- Tribe: †Barbourofelini
- Tribe incertae sedis
- Genus: †Oriensmilus
- Genus: †Syrtosmilus
- Genus: †Vampyrictis
- Genus: †Sivasmilus copei