Leopardus vorohuensis

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Leopardus vorohuensis
Temporal range: Early-Mid Pleistocene (Uquian)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Leopardus
Species:
L. vorohuensis
Binomial name
Leopardus vorohuensis
(Berta, 1983)
Synonyms
  • Felis vorohuensis Berta, 1983

Leopardus vorohuensis is an extinct species of feline. Fossils of the species were found in the Vorohué Formation of Argentina and dated to the Uquian age of the early middle Pleistocene.[1][2] It is the earliest known cat of the ocelot lineage of neotropical cats.[3]

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