Proailurus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”).
Proper noun
†Proailurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – a cat- or civet-like animal that lived 34-20 million years ago.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Feliformia - suborder; Felidae - family; †Proailurinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): †Proailurus lemanensis - sole accepted species
References
Proailurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Proailurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Proailurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Proailurus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Proailurus at Paleology Database