Metailurus
Metailurus is a genus of saber-toothed cat in the family Felidae, and belonging to the tribe Metailurini, which occurred in North America, Eurasia and Africa from the Miocene to the Middle Pleistocene.
| Metailurus Temporal range: Tortonian - Late Pleistocene, | |
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| Metailurus skeleton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Metailurini |
| Genus: | †Metailurus Zdansky, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Metailurus major Zdansky, 1924 | |
| Other Species | |
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| Range of Metailurus based on fossil record | |
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