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Panthera dhokpathanensis

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Panthera dhokpathanensis
Temporal range: ~2.7 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species:
P. dhokpathanensis
Binomial name
Panthera dhokpathanensis
Bakr, 1986

Panthera dhokpathanensis is an extinct, prehistoric species of cat in the genus Panthera. It was described in 1986 based on fossils found in the Siwaliks in Pakistan.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Bakr, A. (1986). "On a collection of Siwalik Carnivora". Biological Society of Pakistan. Monograph 11: 1–64.